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'Storm Cloud' 1860

Otago Witness, Dunedin, Saturday 5th May 1860  page 4
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Shipping News
Arrived April 27- Storm Cloud, 797 tons, Campbell, from Glasgow. Sailed from the Clyde ?17th January1860 for Otago.
Passengers - Cabin:
Rev. Andrew Stobo
Margaret Stobo
Joseph Slater, wife, and son
Thomas Kinross
Laurence Harrower
Mrs Campbell 

Steerage:

Alexander	James
Allan	 	Hugh	 single b. Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Bullock Driver d. 1860
Allan	 	Robert
Anderson 	Agnes
Anderson 	James and William
Andrew	 	William and David
Bain	 	Duncan, 6 sons and 2 daughters
Baird	 	James and wife
Birss	 	William
Bell	 	William
Black	 	James
Black	 	Robert, Margaret, Hugh, Andrew, and James R.
Blaikie	 	John
Blair	 	William, wife and son
Briggs	 	John, wife, son and  daughter
Brown	 	George
Brown	 	John
Brown	 	Robert, wife, and daughter
Brown	 	William
Brownlie 	James, wife, 2 sons, and 1 daughter
Bryee	 	Francis, wife and 3 sons
Burns	 	John
Cameron	 	Angus
Campbell 	Anthony and wife
Chisholm	D.
Chisholm	D.
Chisholm 	William and wife
Copland 	William
Costelloes	Thomas
Crawford 	Robert, wife, 2 sons and 1 daughter
Dalziel 	John
Davidson	Margaret and William
Dean		James
Desmond	 	Patrick
Dippie		Alexander
Dummon 		John
Duncan 		William and wife
Falconer 	Francis
Falconer 	John
Falconer 	William
Ferguson 	William, wife and son
Fleming 	James
Forbes 		Donald and wife
Forsyth 	Ebenezer
Fraser 		James
Funnel 		George, wife and two daughters
Galbraith 	James
Gebbie 		Susan, 1 son and 1 daughter
Glass 		Thomas
Grant 		Alexander and wife
Grant 		Robert and wife
Grant 		Donald and wife
Grant 		Peter, wife and 5 sons and 4 daughters
Greig 		Helen
Hay 		Alexander
Hill 		George, wife, and 3 sons, and 2 daughter
Hoare 		Richard
Hossack 	Walter
Hutton 		John
Islay 		James, wife and son
Kerr 		Mrs J.
Kerr 		John
Kerr 		Thomas
Landreth 	Robert
Lauder 		James
Laurie 		James
Lawrie 		Charles C. wife and daughter
Little 		John, wife 3 sons and 3 daughters
M'Cartney 	John, wife, and 2 sons
M'Donald 	John
M'Farem 	James
McGregor	Alexander
McGregor	Jane
McGregor 	Malcolm
McGregor 	David
McIntyre 	David
McIntyre 	Dugald and daughter
McKenzie 	Adam
McKenzie 	Elizabeth, and son, and daughter
McKenzie 	James
McKenzie 	Jane
McLagan 	Alexander
M'Lean 		William Cawdon and wife
McLeod 		Jemima and Esther
McLeod 		Neil					(teacher)
M'Millan 	William
M'Naughton 	Allan and wife
McPhail 	William, wife and 3 sons and daughter
McPhail 	William, wife and 3 sons 
Mackay		Robert, wife, 4 sons, and 2 daughters
Mathieson 	David, wife , 2 sons and 2 daughter
Meek 		Robert
Melvian 	David
Meikle 		William, wife 3 sons, and 2 daughters
Miller 		Mrs Mary
Mitchell 	David, wife, 3 sons, and 3 daughters
Mitchell 	William, wife 2 sons, and 3 daughters
Moffat 		John
Moncrieff 	P.R.
Muir 		Thomas, John, Rebecca, and Margaret
Munro 		David
Pellet 		Lucy
Penny 		John
Pouge 		Susan
Pringle 	Robert
Quill 		William and Maurice
Ramage 		Thomas, wife, 3 sons and 3 daughters
Robertson 	Francis
Robertson 	John, wife , 1 son and 1 daughter
Robertson 	Robert
Russell 	Hugh, wife and 4 sons
Ryan 		William 
Scott 		Ann
Sim 		Thomas and wife
Simpson 	Alexander
Smith 		James
Steele 		James
Stenhouse 	James, wife 2 sons and 2 daughters
Swan 		Robert, wife, and daughter
Taylor 		George R.
Thomson 	David, wife and 2 daughters
Thomson 	Grace
Thomson 	Robert wife, and daughter
Tomkins		Jon and wife
Turnbull 	John
Turnbull	John
Urquhart 	John
Walker 		William, wife, and 5 sons
Wallace 	Alexander
Webster 	James
Wishart 	John
Young 		William and John
Wright Jas	wife, and daughter

The above List comprises 311 souls, equal to 260 ½ statue adults, and consists of:

BIRTHS
Mrs Sim, of a son, 5th February 1860
Mrs McPhail, of a son, premature, 13th April 1860

DEATHS
Feb. 16, Marian Swan, 6 years, bronchitis and diarrhoea
March 1, James Swan, 3 years, bronchitis and diarrhoea
March 13, William Kerr, 19 months, dentition and marasmus
March 25, Isabella Black, 18 years, ship fever and diarrhoea.

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From “The Otago Colonist”  May 4, 1860   page 4 

Arrival of the Storm Cloud 

This fine vessel, under the command of Captain J Campbell, and which has brought a large and welcome addition to our population, came to an anchor at Port Chalmers on Friday the 28^th ult., at 8pm, after a capital passage of 89 days, having sailed from Greenock on the 27^th of January.  After leaving the Clyde she experienced some hard gales from southward.  Did not clear the Channel until February 3^rd.  Crossed the line on 23^rd of same month, and from thence through the south tropics, had a continuance of head winds and calms, and did not reach the meridian of the Cape until the 56^th day.  On the 28^th March passed between the Prince Edward Islands and from then to the Meridian of Tasmania which was reached on the 23^rd ult.  Had a succession of north east winds with dense fogs and rain, with an occasional heavy gale from the south east, seldom seeing sun or stars.  He first westerly wind in the southern hemisphere was caught on the 23^rd ult and on the 27^th at 6am she made the south west cape of Stewart’s Island.  At 3.30pm Nugget Point was passed, and the offing of cape Saunders was reached at 8pm.  The passengers have generally experienced good health.  Two births  and 5 deaths took place during the voyage. 

Aboard the Storm Cloud  - "Otago Witness May 12th 1860 page 5 :

6 casks whiskey	127 pieces pavement	12 grates
52 cases whiskey	3100 slates	7 cases windows
15 cases brandy	32 flasks & 60 drums oil	1 pkge harrows
52 cases cordials	5357 boards	9 bundles galvanized wire
8 qr casks of wine	12 dozen girdles	8 boxes glass
2 casks vinegar	15 boxes mouldings	1 cask sugar
2 hhd’s ale	1 plough	2 pianos
320 cases bottled beer	12 cart wheels	2 casks seeds
2 chests tea	1 whipple tree	4 boxes hams

Also 20 firkins and 20 ½ firkins, 80 boxes, 9 cases, 8 bales, 6 casks, and sundry packages of merchandise. J.S. Douglas, agent.

The Storm Cloud is a fine roomy vessel and is exceedingly well fitted up for passengers.  The immigrants appear to have been well selected, comprising a good number of the most useful occupations, and the number of families of small children is much less than usual.  She brings a total of 311 souls equal to 260½ statutory adults.  Among them are: 32 domestic servants, 5 shepherds,  30 ploughmen, 43 labourers, 11 carpenters, 4 blacksmiths, 12 masons, 1 clerk, 1 printer, 1 sawyer, 3 millers, 2 miners, 1 saddler, 2 butchers, 1 engineer, 3 gardeners, 1 tailor, 1 quarryman, 1 wheelwright, 1 confectioner, and 1 book binder. 

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The following is a list of the occupations pre "Otago Witness":

1 engineer   1 confectioner   3 gardeners 31 ploughmen 38 labourers   8 shepherds   4 blacksmiths 13 masons  11 joiners   3 milkers   7 farmers   1 millwright   1 cabinetmaker 26 domestic servants

3 clerks 1 candlemaker 1 bookbinder 1 printer 1 quarryman 1 saddler 1 plumber 1 sawyer 1 butcher 1 grocer 1 teacher 1 minister 1 tailor 1 laundress

Otago Witness  page 4. Local Intelligence 
The passengers were on Monday comfortably landed on the Dunedin Jetty by the steamer "Geelong," and it is to be hoped that their prosperity in the Province, which we heartily wish them, will quickly obliterate any unpleasantness of the voyage.

Otago Witness  Saturday June 30 1860. page 4 Local Intelligence 
Sudden Deaths. On Tuesday last a man of the name James Fleming, who was working on the road at Saddle Hill, complaining of feeling ill, and walked in to Dunedin. He was admitted to the hospital, and on Wednesday morning was found dead in his bed. We have not heard the cause of death, but we understand that the body swelled to a most extraordinary extent. The deceased came to the colony by the Storm Cloud, and was to all appearance a fine strong healthy young man.. he was unmarried.
    Another sudden death occurred at Dunedin on Friday last. It appears that a young man, of the name Alexander Hay, was about to be married, and on Thursday night had partaken rather freely of intoxicating drink. On Friday morning the door of his house being found open, a passer-by looked in and saw the deceased lying with his head on the bed., with a bottle near him. Medical aid was sent for, by Hay was found quite dead. The deceased came to the colony by the Storm Cloud.