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Captain Webb

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Captain Webb has 228 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 7 references, with 21 live disagreements.

228 facts·197 predicates·7 sources·21 in dispute

Mostly:found taken from cabin(4), left ashore at smokehouse(4), reports(4)

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Inbound mentions (23)

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helpedInVariousWaysHelped in Various Ways(1)

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schoonerOfSchooner of(1)

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targetsStationOfTargets Station of(1)

tookFishForSaleTook Fish for Sale(1)

visitedConstantlyVisited Constantly(1)

whiteManEmployedByWhite Man Employed by(1)

Other facts (228)

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228 facts
PredicateValueRef
Found Taken From CabinWatch and Chain[1]
Found Taken From CabinMrs Mullhollan Clothes Jewellery Box[1]
Found Taken From CabinCompasses[1]
Found Taken From Cabintwo clocks[1]
Left Ashore at SmokehouseCaptain Govier[1]
Left Ashore at SmokehouseDrew Seaman[1]
Left Ashore at SmokehouseH Mullhollan[1]
Left Ashore at SmokehouseThree Chinese Station[1]
ReportsNight Island Robbery[4]
ReportsRobbery Report Night Island[4]
ReportsNatives Robbed Station[4]
ReportsNmp Event Entryid 23212[7]
Wrote Letters toRev Beswick[1]
Wrote Letters toCaptain Dudfield[1]
Wrote Letters toRev Berwick[1]
Cut Hawsernull[1]
Cut HawserPride of Logan[1]
Cut Hawsertrue[1]
Captain ofPride of the Logan[5]
Captain ofBrig Logan[5]
Captain ofPride of Lam[6]
Had No Firearmsnull[1]
Had No Firearmsof any kind[1]
Arrived inYacht Colleen Bawn[1]
Arrived inColleen Bawn[1]
Returned With YachtBech De Mer Fishing Station Cloudy Bay[1]
Returned With YachtBiche De Mer Station[1]
Provided Official ReportCaptain Webb Report[1]
Provided Official Reportfull details quoted[1]
Confirmed StatementCaptain Webb Report[1]
Confirmed Statementhis statement[1]
Worked Boat All Night Off Stationnull[1]
Worked Boat All Night Off Stationmaking flareups and lights[1]
Expressed Convictionall people murdered[1]
Expressed ConvictionAll People Murdered[1]
Believes All MurderedStation People[1]
Believes All Murderedconviction[1]
Sailed Down CoastNew Guinea Coast[1]
Sailed Down Coasttrue[1]
Sailed toCooktown[1]
Sailed toCooktown[6]
Wrote Letters Before Leaving Hula toCaptain Dudfield[1]
Wrote Letters Before Leaving Hula toRev Berwick[1]
Saw No Sign ofPeople Left on Station[1]
Saw No Sign ofStation People[1]
Signalled All Nighttrue[1]
Signalled All Nightwithout response[1]
Experienced Rough Passagetrue[1]
Experienced Rough Passagevery rough[1]
Met Death AttemptingNiagara Swim Wager[3]
Met Death AttemptingSwim Niagara[3]
Not Webb Footed EnoughNiagara Whirlpool[3]
Not Webb Footed Enoughnull[3]
Had Boat Attacked atDadilo[1]
Had Only Provisions Bag of Sharpsnull[1]
Described Position As Enviable Negativenull[1]
Found Boat at ReefAnnies Longboat[1]
Expressed Conviction All People Murderednull[1]
Entered Barrier RouteBarrier Reef Passage[1]
Abandoned BoatAnnies Longboat[1]
Begged Proceed in Search Without Delaynull[1]
Waited Eight Days at Hulanull[1]
Took Yacht and CrewReef[1]
Believes All Station People Murderednull[1]
Sought Assistance Anchor Running Gearnull[1]
Slipped AnchorsPride of Logan[1]
Arrived at No4 IslandNo 4 Island[1]
Signalled All Night Without Responsenull[1]
Boarded With Chinese BoyPride of Logan[1]
Set ForesailPride of Logan[1]
Sent Boat and CrewReef[1]
Searched for Shore Peoplenull[1]
Saw No Sign of Station Peoplenull[1]
Sailed to HulaHula[1]
Sailed to CooktownCooktown[1]
Retrieved Other Boatnull[1]
Ran Down Coast Looking for Escaped Peoplenull[1]
Purpose Seek Assistance FromEllangowan[1]
Attempted to Tow BoatAnnies Longboat[1]
Concluded Natives Responsiblenull[1]
Position Evaluated Negativelynull[1]
Personal Items Stolenwatch and chain[1]
OperatedBech De Mer Fishing Station Cloudy Bay[1]
Observed Smokehouse in Flamesnull[1]
Made Flareups and Showed Lightsnull[1]
Lacked Anchors Kedges Staysailsnull[1]
Attempted to TowAnnies Longboat[1]
Begged Actionproceed in search without delay[1]
Boarded and Found MissingMrs Mullhollan[1]
Boarded Vessel WithChinese Boy Yacht[1]
Concluded Caused byNatives Dedele[1]
Destination of VesselReef Cloudy Bay[1]
Kept Lookout forDingy Escapees[1]
Lacked Suppliesno anchor kedges staysails[1]
Location On1879 09 29Bech De Mer Station Cloudy Bay[1]
No Sign ofStation People[1]
Observed in FlamesSmokehouse Station[1]
Patrolled All NightBech De Mer Station Cloudy Bay[1]
Position Descriptionanything but enviable[1]
Proceeded toHula[1]

Timeline

Timeline axis is valid_time — when each source says the fact was true in the world, not when Dontopedia learned about it. Retracted rows are kept for provenance; coloured stripes indicate the context kind.

hadBoatAttackedAttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:dadilo
hadOnlyProvisionsBagOfSharpstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
hadNoFirearmstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
describedPositionAsEnviableNegativetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
wroteLettersTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:rev-beswick
foundBoatAtReeftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:annies-longboat
expressedConvictionAllPeopleMurderedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
enteredBarrierRoutetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:barrier-reef-passage
abandonedBoattrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:annies-longboat
beggedProceedInSearchWithoutDelaytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
arrivedIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:yacht-colleen-bawn
waitedEightDaysAtHulatrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
tookYachtAndCrewtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:reef
believesAllStationPeopleMurderedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
soughtAssistanceAnchorRunningGeartrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
wroteLettersTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:captain-dudfield
slippedAnchorstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-logan
arrivedAtNo4Islandtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:no-4-island
signalledAllNightWithoutResponsetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
boardedWithChineseBoytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-logan
setForesailtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-logan
sentBoatAndCrewtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:reef
searchedForShorePeopletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
sawNoSignOfStationPeopletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
sailedToHulatrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:hula
sailedToCooktowntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cooktown
returnedWithYachttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:bech-de-mer-fishing-station-cloudy-bay
retrievedOtherBoattrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
ranDownCoastLookingForEscapedPeopletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
purposeSeekAssistanceFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:ellangowan
providedOfficialReporttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:captain-webb-report
attemptedToTowBoattrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:annies-longboat
concludedNativesResponsibletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
positionEvaluatedNegativelytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
personalItemsStolentrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
watch and chain
confirmedStatementtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:captain-webb-report
operatedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:bech-de-mer-fishing-station-cloudy-bay
observedSmokehouseInFlamestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
madeFlareupsAndShowedLightstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
lackedAnchorsKedgesStaysailstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
cutHawsertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
workedBoatAllNightOffStationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
expressedConvictiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
all people murdered
arrivedIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:colleen-bawn
attemptedToTowtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:annies-longboat
beggedActiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
proceed in search without delay
believesAllMurderedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:station-people
boardedAndFoundMissingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:mrs-mullhollan
boardedVesselWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinese-boy-yacht
concludedCausedBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:natives-dedele
cutHawsertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-logan
destinationOfVesseltrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:reef-cloudy-bay
hadNoFirearmstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
of any kind
keptLookoutFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:dingy-escapees
lackedSuppliestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
no anchor kedges staysails
locationOn1879-09-29trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:bech-de-mer-station-cloudy-bay
noSignOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:station-people
observedInFlamestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:smokehouse-station
patrolledAllNighttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:bech-de-mer-station-cloudy-bay
positionDescriptiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
anything but enviable
proceededTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:hula
provisionsRemainingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
bag of sharps
purposeAtHulatrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
find Ellangowan for assist
recruitedCrewMembertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinese-boy-yacht
retrievedBoattrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:fishing-boat-reef
sailedDownCoasttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:new-guinea-coast
sailedTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cooktown
searchedFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:shore-people-station
sentBoatTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:reef-cloudy-bay
setSailtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:foresail-pride-of-logan
sightedBoatAttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:reef-cloudy-bay
signaledAllNighttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
no response
signaledForSurvivorstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
flareups and lights
submittedReporttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:captain-webb-report-1879
tookVesselTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:colleen-bawn
victimOfAttackBytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:natives-dedele
waitedDaystrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
8
keptWorkingBoatAllNightOffStationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:making-flareups-showing-lights
wroteLettersBeforeLeavingHulaTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:captain-dudfield
workedUpTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:no-4-island
returnedToStationWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:yacht-filled-with-fish
foundTakenFromCabintrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:watch-and-chain
foundTakenFromCabintrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:mrs-mullhollan-clothes-jewellery-box
keptWorkingCutterToPassingVesselsSeekingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:assistance-anchor-running-gear
foundTakenFromCabintrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:compasses
foundNearlyEveryArticleTakenEvenBottomBoardsOfBunkstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
expressedConvictionThattrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:all-people-at-station-murdered
keptAwayForHulaToFindEllangowanForAssistancetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
couldNotPersuadeYachtCrewExcepttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:one-chinese-boy
believesAllPeopleMurderedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
positionAfterCutAwayWastrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
anything but enviable
triedToTakeInTowButAbandonedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:annies-longboat
concludedWastrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:work-of-natives
leftAshoreAtSmokehousetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:captain-govier
positionWasUnenviabletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
leftAshoreAtSmokehousetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:drew-seaman
didNotFindOnBoardingSchoonertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:mrs-mullhollan
escapedAloneEssentiallytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
leftAshoreAtSmokehousetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:h-mullhollan
leftAshoreAtSmokehousetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:three-chinese-station
waitedEightDaysAtHulaFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:ellangowan-steamer
arrivedInCooktownOnSundayIntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:colleen-bawn
ranDownCoastKeepingLookoutForEscapedPeopleInDingytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
tookToReefOn29Septrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:yacht-and-crew
leftLettersWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:native-teacher-at-hula
leftOnBoardPrideOfLoganAnchoredOffStationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:mrs-mullhollan
ranDownTowardstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:other-boat-at-reef
wasAtOnMorning29Septrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cloudy-bay-beche-de-mer-station
wroteLettersBeforeLeavingHulaTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:rev-berwick
startedForCooktownWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-the-logan-and-colleen-bawn
wentOnBoardPrideWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:one-chinese-boy
authoredtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:captain-webb-official-report
sentOn29SepMorningtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:one-boat-and-crew-to-reef
sawAbout7amAtReeftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:annies-longboat-half-full-water-three-shields
hadNoFirearmsOfAnyKindWithHimtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
sawLookingToPridetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:running-gear-and-awnings-gone
sawNoSignOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:people-left-on-station
cutHawserSlippedAnchorsSetForesailtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-the-logan
sawOnApproachingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:smokehouse-in-flames
gotAndAnchoredWithYachtAnchortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-the-logan
foundTakenFromCabintrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
two clocks
hadBoatAttackedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
returnedWithYachttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:biche-de-mer-station
madeFlareupstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
wasAttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:biche-de-mer-station
sailedDownCoasttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
possiblySurvivedSometrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
uncertain
convincedOfMurderstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
high certainty
boardedWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinese-boy
workedBoatAllNighttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
braveActionstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
inferred heroism
retrievedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:other-boat
reliedOnSteamertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
delayed
signalledAllNighttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
experiencedRoughPassagetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
tookYachttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:yacht
searchedForSurvivorstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:shore-people
concludedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
natives responsible
waitedEightDaystrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:hula
wentTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:hula
cannotDoBetterThantrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:report
wroteLettersTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:rev-berwick
soughtAssistanceFromPassingVesselstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
anchor and running gear
providestrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:captain-webb-report
positionNotEnviabletrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
observedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:smokehouse-in-flames
itemsStolentrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
watch and chain
convincedAllMurderedtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:station-people
sightedBoatAtReeftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:annies-longboat
soughtAssistanceFromtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:ellangowan
heroicActionstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
saved ship alone
keptAwayFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:hula
keptWorkingCutterToPassingVesselstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
seeking anchor and gear
lackedAnchorKedgesStaysailstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
no anchor, kedges, staysails
lackedFirearmstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
of any kind
triedToTowtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:annies-longboat
waitedAtHulatrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
eight days
confirmedStatementtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
his statement
anchoredVesselWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:yacht-anchor
concludedWorkOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:natives
persuadedOnlytrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinese-boy
positionEnviableFalsetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
anything but enviable
positionWasDesperatetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
enviable false
possiblyUncertainOfSurvivorstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
signalled all night
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conviction
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full details quoted
ranDownTheCoasttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
keeping lookout
ranDownTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:other-boat-from-reef
wasAtStationOntrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
morning of 29th September 1879
returnedWithYachtToStationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:beche-de-mer-station-cloudy-bay
wentOnBoardWithtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:chinese-boy
sawBoatAtReefAt7amtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:annies-longboat
sawNoSignOftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:station-people
sawNothingtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:escaped-people
senttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:boat-and-crew-to-reef
setTheForesailtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-logan
workedBoatAllNightOffStationtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
making flareups and lights
signalledAllNighttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
without response
boardedSchoonertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-logan
slippedTheAnchorstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-logan
startedFortrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:cooktown
tooktrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:yacht-and-crew
tookThreeAndHalfDaysAfterLeavingHulatrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
to Barrier
experiencedRoughPassagetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
very rough
expressedConvictiontrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:all-people-murdered
didNotFindtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:mrs-mullhollan
hadtrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:beche-de-mer-station-cloudy-bay
cutTheHawsertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-logan
hadOnlyProvisionstrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
bag of sharps
cutHawsertrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
true
ofVesseltrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:pride-of-the-logan
professedSurprisetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
at natives being shot
movedTotrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:bootless-inlet
presupposesSailedEarlytrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
ex:hms-diamond
sailedFortrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
ex:cooktown
precedesHmsDiamondtrove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
ex:hms-diamond
nowPlyingAttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
Coutance Island and Kerepuna
returnedAfterDuskToStrippedVesseltrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
outFishingOnBarrierReeftrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null
escapedBySeatrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
null

References (7)

7 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer197 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. [2]Malay Cooktown3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/malay-cooktown
  3. [3]North Shore Full12 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  4. [4]Night Island3 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/night-island
  5. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-bdm-crew
  6. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/67366459_Saturday-1-November-1879-queensland-telegrams-cooktown-october-28
  7. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/nmp-events-export-20260508193632/row-0942-eid-23212

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