Alex T Brown (wreck site)

Physical Description

Over the years, the remains ( four-masted timber schooner) of the Alex T. Brown were pushed further up to the beach, and are mostly
buried underneath sand near The Spot'.

History

The four-masted timber schooner Alex T. Brown (built Washington USA in 1903) left Fremantle
without a cargo on 29 May 1917 bound for Manila and then America. It was blown ashore south of
Wreck Point on 30 May. The tug Wyola was sent from Fremantle to try to tow the ship off the beach
but was unable to get close enough to carry out the work. Captain Myers and his crew made several
unsuccessful attempts to refloat the vessel. The schooner was finally sold to Mr Findlayson for £420.
Several early homesteads in the area were built using timber from the wreck. The Lindsay family burnt
the wreck after they tired of people trespassing on their property to reach the wreck.

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