12 SHIP FKVER IN 1847. 



I then heard that, there were one or two old men at Barnaby's 

 River tliat inifarht know somethinj; about tlie matter, and I wrot.e 

 to Rev. E.J Bannon, ]).irish priest, and the following is his reply : 



INFORMATION. OBTAINED FROM REV. E. J. BANNON, P.P., 

 BARNABY RIVER, NORTH'LD CO. 



Nov. 8th, 1908. 



**I do not know any person up liere who was in the Loosto k. 

 The father of John 8hea was a passenger in the vessel, but is 

 dead. However. I <onsulted Michael Mengher, who is 80 years of 

 age He had some interesting items that indirectly might be of 

 interest, and I put them down in aboiit the manner he related 

 fchem. He ( ame to thi.-s place in the cutter (fast sailer) called the 

 John Hawkes. He sailed from Liinerick and arriv(^d at the Island 

 (Middle Island) 7rh June, 1847. They had 147 passengers aboard 

 and several cases of fever. They had no doctor aboard, and the 

 captain did the best he could. He heard no complaints of want of 

 water or food. A child was born on the way out and twenty per- 

 sons died. One was his own brother. When they arrived at 

 Midd e Island the Loostock was there in quarantine, with another 

 brigantine from Cork. This last had small-pox and fever aboard 

 also. The passengers heard that they would be examined by the 

 doctors and probably sent to the Island, a thing they dreaded. 

 With three others he swam ashore ar 12 o'clock at night. They 

 landed at Cunard's mill and the brewery. They thought Chat- 

 ham was a large town or city, and they were surprised the next 

 morning to find out — 1st, That they had passed through Chat- 

 ham ; 2nd, To see the good shij), the John Hawkes, coming up 

 the river with all flags flying, &c. The first people he met were 

 Johnston Barnet, Ephraim (Abrum) Lacey. Michael Quilty (Barti- 

 bogue), John Cain and John Lahey. He was surprised to see the 

 number of coflins .sent down to the Island. " 



There was one more ship to account for, viz. , the Bollivar She 

 was a barque that traded here regularly in lumber and timber for 

 the Gilmour «fe Rankine concern. I had the name of the captain, 

 but have mislaid it and cannot find it now. The following is 



JOHN BROWN'S STATEMENT. 

 "I remember the bark Bollivar. She came in here about the 



