| Summary: | sealer 1 n In the spring of this year, about 150 sail of sealers were beset off this harbour. They were frozen in from Easter Sunday (March 2) till May. The crews, 1500 men, used to walk five or six miles over the ice to shore, and the inhabitants were obliged to feed them.A great many vessels were crushed and wrecked.,, One vessel was forced up on a large pan of ice, and floated past St. John's; a steamer was sent after her, and she was rescued near Cape Race. PRINTED ITEM W Kirwin 1/79 JH 1/79 Used I Used I 1 Not used siler,soiler,swiler,swoiler,LANDSMAN. Source is not listed.
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