Wreck of the ship Gipsy at Bristol

The stranded Waterford Steam Navigation Company's steamer, the Gipsy, on, May I2th, 1878. The boat left Cumberland Basin for Waterford in the early morning. It was then high water. When opposite the gully in the Black Rock, she struck the bank of the river. As she could not be moved, the passengers and crew were taken off
The Gipsy blocked the navigation. Dynamite was eventually used to clear the mud..Several windows of houses were blown in by the force of the explosion

Basin Blocked Blown Clear Cumberland Dynamite Eventually Gipsy Gully Moved Opposite Stranded Struck Waterford Wreck

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