A LOT OF NONSENE.
today, said in his opinion there was nothing to connect the burnt wreckage found at Port Alfred, Cape Colony, with the Waratah. It is simply a lot of nonsense to suppose that the wreckage is from the Waratah, "remarked Captain Tickell. If a ship were blown up in a bay, close to a lighthouse and signal station, and fell to pieces in 20 fathoms of water, plenty of wreckage would have been found long ago.
I am inclined to agree with him 100% for logical reasons and from a nautical perspective.
Captain Tickell.