Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Stag
Angas Inlet, Port Adelaide
Stag was a built in and lost on 09/03/1883. The hulk was in the Port Stream when the cargo of coal, which had been stored in the hold since the previous November, spontaneous combusted. The burning hulk was towed to North Arm to be scuttled if the fire could not be quelled (SA Register, 9/03/1883)
The oddity, explained
Why is Stag unusual?
Stag appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Stag was a built in and lost on 09/03/1883. The hulk was in the Port Stream when the cargo of coal, which had been stored in the hold since the previous November, spontaneous combusted. The burning hulk was towed to North Arm to be scuttled if the fire could not be quelled (SA Register, 9/03/1883). Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.
Evidence and further exploration
The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.
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