Newfoundland shipwrecks in the late nineteenth century : communities and their response (with special reference to Trepassey and Harbour Grace)

• Main Author: Wells, Lisa Janice
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2002
• Subjects: Trepassey; Newfoundland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/7046/; https://research.library.mun.ca/7046/1/Wells_LisaJanice.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/7046/3/Wells_LisaJanice.pdf

In the late nineteenth century shipping routes across the North Atlantic came close to Newfoundland and ships were wrecked all around the coast. This study concentrates on how ordinary people - mainly fishermen, seafarers, and their families - responded to, and were affected by, shipwreck. It focuse...