48 EEV. GE0EC4E TATTERSON 



1873— September 25.— Barque Humbelton, Capt. Soreiguson, of Sunderland, from London for New York. 

 November 9. — Schooner Zephyr of St. Pierre came ashore, with four dead bodies on board. 



1874-1884, D. McDonald, Supkrintendent. 



1874 — May 20 — Barque Glad.stone, Capt. Nelson, of Stavager, Norway, for New York. 

 July 6. — Barque Highlander, Capt. Hutchinson, of Sunderland, for St. John, N. B. 



July 20.— Steamship Tyrian, from Glasgow for Halifax, struck but got olf, and proceeded on her voyage. 

 . July 28. — Barque Nashwaak, Capt. LeBlauc, from St. John, N. B., for Ayr, G. B., timber laden. 

 1875 — Farto, Capt. Jose Gomez de Sylva Lampais, of Lisbon, for Halifax, went to pieces at once. The captain, cook 

 and steward lost, the rest, numl)ering eight, saved. 

 Ship Ironsides, Capt. Shedden, from Great Britain to New York. 

 1870— April 1.5.— American ship Neptune, Capt. Spence, from Liverpool, G. B., for New York. One man drowned. 

 June 29.— Barque Norma, Capt. Saunders, from St. John, N. B., for Great Britain. 

 October 16— American schooner Reeves struck on the northwest bar in a violent gale ; all hands lost. 

 1878— August 2.i— Barque Emma, Capt. Anderson, of Christiansand, Norway, from Great Britain to Philadelphia. 

 1879— March 31.— Barque Oriental, Capt. Corning, of Quebec, from Philadelphia for Queenstown, laden with corn. 

 April. — Schooner Peasley, abandoned, drifted on northwest bar. 



July 12.— Steamship State of Virginia, of State line, Capt. Moodie, from New York for Glasgow. The lifeboat 

 succeeded in landing one load of passengers, but upset with second load, when nine were drowned. 

 1880— June 3.— Ship Gondolier, Capt. Atkins, of Prince Edward Island, from Holland for New York. Three men 

 drowned in the surf while attempting to land from the ship's boat. 

 November 22.— Schooner Bride of Bay Chaleur ; the crew of three saved, exhausted and frostljitten. 

 1881— October 3. — Schooner Lord Bury, Capt. Power, of Cape Breton. 



1882- March 1.— Brigantine Williams, Capt. Warren, of Prince Edward Island, from Barrow, G. B., for Halifax. 

 Had been in the ice off Newfoundland. Provisions exhausted and all hands in a starving condition. 

 July 4. — Norwegian Ijarque Yorkshire, Capt. Jacobson, from Barbados for Montreal. Two men lost. 

 August 12. — Norwegian barque Balgoley, Capt. XJglanl, for New York, in ballast. 

 1883— August.— Barque Britannia, Capt. Glaston, from West Indies for Montreal. Captain's wife and six children, 



with six of the ci'evv, lost. Captain and three men taken off a raft. 

 1884— July.— Steamship Amsterdam, Capt. Luce, of Amsterdam, from Rotterdam for New York, with 267 persons on 

 board, passengers and crew. Three drowntd in the surf while attempting to land in the ship's boats. 



1884-1894, R. J. BouTiLiER, Supekintendent. 



1884- December 19.— Brigantine A. S. H., Capt. LeMarchand, of St. Malo, France, from St. Pien-e for Boston, with 

 fish. The captain, mate and steward succeeded in getting ashore. Mate managed with great difliculty to 

 get to the west light thi-ough a blinding snowstorm, but the captain and second mate perished before they 

 could be found. The French government presented William Merson with a silver medal and diploma of 

 the first class, and the superintendent a gold medal and diploma of the second class, for services rendered 

 in connection with this wreck. 

 1885— May 26. — Schooner Cora May, of and from Provincetown, Mass., bound for the Grand Banks. 

 1836— September 18.- Barque Olinda, Capt. Kendrick, of St. John's, N. F., from Pernambuco for Sydney, C. B., in 



ballast. 

 1889— Norwegian barque Fuerder, Capt, Larsen, from Great Britain for Halifax, with coal. 

 1890— July 27. — Brigantine Gerda, Capt. K. F. Olsen, of Drammen, Norway, from Barbados for Quebec, with 



molasses and sugar. 

 1892— May 12. — Barque Henry, Capt. Jacobsen, of and from Tonsberg, Norway, in ballast. Six sailors left her in the 

 long boat and boarded a fishing schooner, which landed them the next morning near the east light. On 

 that morning the wreck broke up, and the captain, mate, carpenter, cook and two boys were drowned. 

 The captain would not abandon the vessel while there remained a chance of getting her off. He remained 

 so long that rescue was impossible. 

 December. — Schooner Bridget Ann, Capt. White, from Margaree for Halifax. 



American brigantine Kaluna of New Yoi-k, Capt. J. H. Nelson, from St. John, N. B., for Buenos Ayres, ran 

 ashore, partially dismasted and waterlogged. 

 1893— April 27.— Inglewood, Capt. Seely, for Halifax from Cow Bay. 



August.— Valkyrie, Capt. Hoar, from Cape Breton for Delaware. 

 1894— January 12.— Schooner B. J. Edwards, Capt. Bibber, of Gloucester, Mass., lost with all on board. 

 July 30.— Barque Nicosia, Capt. Cole, of St. John, N. B., 1047 tons, from Dublin, in ballast. 

 September 11.— Steamer Nerito, of and from Sunderland, for Hampton Roads. 

 The above list, being drawn np by successive superintendents, may be regarded as complete or very nearly so 

 But in the earlier years the instances in which vessels that struck were got off are not mentioned. From 1848 all 

 the cases in which lives were lost are noted. 



