<page_title> List of shipwrecks in 1868 </page_title> <section_title> 31 July </section_title> <table> <cell> Curlew <col_header> Ship </col_header> </cell> <cell> Carrying a cargo of lime she had taken on at the jetties of the Nessend Quarry to Castle Point tramway on Lindisfarne, the vessel was in the North Sea off the May Light on the coast of England when water came into contact with the cargo and the heat generated set fire to her. <col_header> Description </col_header> </cell> </table>
Curlew suffered an occupational hazard of carrying lime at sea – water came into contact with the cargo.