Avalanche
Ship: 1160
Captain: Bishop
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Doyle
Sailed London 22nd October 1874 - arrived New Plymouth January 22nd 1875
The Avalanche was a fine comfortable
ship of 1160 tons, owned by the Shaw Savill and Albion Co. She made some good runs in the
New Zealand trade, especially on one occasion when racing Home with the celebrated
Crusader. After completing three successful voyages to Wellington she came to grief when
starting out again in 1877, bound for Wellington with 60 passengers. She collided in the
English Channel with an American ship, and went down in a few minutes with all the
passengers and crew, a total loss of 99 souls - only three of the crew bwing saved.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
We would like to thank Steve and Cheryl Nightingale for providing this list.
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families & Children to New Plymouth | ||||
| Barrett | John | 40 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 40 | |||
| Ellen | 19 | T/F to single women | ||
| Mary | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Susan | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Elizabeth | 13 | |||
| Alfred | ? | |||
| John | 9 | |||
| James | 7 | |||
| Sarah | 3 | |||
| Richard | 1 | |||
| Bennett | George | 38 | Kent | Bricklayer |
| Martha | 28 | |||
| Frederick C | 6 | |||
| George William | 5 | |||
| Alfred C | 2 | |||
| Charles J | 2 months | |||
| Billinghurst | Henry | 37 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Martha | 34 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| Bottin | Thomas | 43 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah | 43 | |||
| Catherine | 19 | T/F to single women | ||
| Thomas | 9 | |||
| Emma | 7 | |||
| Peter | 5 | |||
| Burnham | Charles | 30 | Lancashire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 31 | |||
| Hannah | 13 | |||
| Walter | 8 | |||
| Chralotte | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Alfred | 1 | |||
| Busby | Jason | 38 | Oxfordshire | Shepherd |
| Sophia A | 38 | |||
| Louisa | 17 | T/F to single women | ||
| Joseph | 14 | T/F to single men | ||
| Matilda | 11 | |||
| Emma | 9 | |||
| Henry | 7 | |||
| Annie | 1 | |||
| Christian | Thomas | 32 | Hamptonshire | Farm Labourer |
| Mary J | 23 | |||
| Julia | 4 | |||
| Alfred George | 3 | |||
| Thomas James | 1 | |||
| Clark | John | 30 | Middlesex | Brickmaker |
| Elizabeth | 31 | |||
| Henry | 11 | |||
| Dunne | Francis | 40 | Westmeath | Book Keeper Schoolmaster on board |
| Eliza | 39 | |||
| Mary Ann | 18 | T/F to single women | ||
| Johanna | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Margaret Bridget | 15 | T/F to single women | ||
| Arabella | 14 | T/F to single women | ||
| Partick | 12 | |||
| Edmund | 10 | |||
| Eliza | 7 | |||
| Francis | 1 | |||
| Douch | George | 25 | Sussex | Brickmaker |
| Phillis | 21 | |||
| Francis | 33 | T/F to single women | ||
| Alexander | 26 | T/F to single men | ||
| Fernie | Betsie | 28 | T/F to single women | Housekeeper |
| Cuthbert W | Infant | |||
| Florey | Henry R | 32 | Kent | Labourer |
| Elizabeth A | 30 | |||
| Henry John | 11 | |||
| F. Edwin | 1 | |||
| Hall | George Henry | 23 | Kent | Painter |
| Margaret J | 21 | |||
| Harding | William | 27 | Hamptonshire | Labourer |
| Maria | 24 | |||
| Hayhow | William | 27 | Middlesex | Bricklayer |
| Eliza | 26 | |||
| Eliza | 11 | |||
| Martha | 4 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Henry | 1 | |||
| Hewitt | Alfred | 22 | ||
| Hannah | 27 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Emma | 1 | |||
| Hodgkin | Charles | 30 | Kent | Bricklayer |
| Caroline | 29 | |||
| Nunine | 6 | |||
| Rose | 1 | |||
| Hollis | Henry | 34 | Buckinghamshire | Labourer Constable on board |
| Eliza | 38 | |||
| George | 8 | |||
| Richard | 5 | |||
| Mary | 3 | |||
| Hannah | 2 | |||
| Holmes | John | 22 | Kent | Labourer |
| Maria | 22 | |||
| Emily | 2 | |||
| John | 1 | |||
| Hughes | Stephen | 36 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Eliza | 32 | |||
| Stephen | 13 | |||
| Thomas | 9 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| George | 2 | |||
| Jeffrey | Edward | 33 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Louisa | 34 | |||
| Jane | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Edward | 12 | |||
| Alice | 10 | |||
| Sarah | 8 | |||
| King | Philip | 31 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Sarah Ann | 30 | |||
| Emily | 9 | |||
| George | 7 | |||
| Alice M | 6 | |||
| Rose | 5 | |||
| Knowler | Henry | 25 | Kent | Farm Labourer |
| Martha A | 20 | |||
| Henry | 1 | |||
| Richard | 1 | |||
| Laurence | William | 29 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 26 | |||
| Albert E | 9 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| Kate | 5 | |||
| Walter | 2 | |||
| Matthews | Robert | 25 | Meath | General Labourer |
| Catherine | 30 | |||
| George | 3 | |||
| Miles | James | 45 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 38 | |||
| James | 12 | |||
| Neary | Patrick | 33 | Dublin | Carpenter |
| Margaret | 28 | |||
| Mary | 5 | |||
| Hogan | Mary | 19 | T/F to single women | Travelled with Neary |
| Neill | James | 36 | Wicklow | Farm Labourer |
| Catherine | 21 | |||
| Raven | John | 40 | Norfolk | Labourer |
| Charlotte | 36 | |||
| Mary | 16 | T/F to single women | ||
| Alice | 13 | |||
| Peter | 13 | |||
| Elizabeth | 11 | |||
| Hannah | 8 | |||
| Emily | 6 | |||
| Henry | 4 | |||
| Florence | 1 | |||
| Sands | Thomas | 23 | Sussex | Farm Labourer |
| Caroline | ||||