The Loss of the "Maggie"
The shipwreck of the schooner "Maggie", from Brooklyn in Bonavista Bay. The crew were lighthearted. The steamer "Tiber" collided with them, and thirteen men and women were drowned from twenty-three on board. The informant's wife's grandfather was Captain Blundem (drowne...
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1989
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/2868 |
| Summary: | The shipwreck of the schooner "Maggie", from Brooklyn in Bonavista Bay. The crew were lighthearted. The steamer "Tiber" collided with them, and thirteen men and women were drowned from twenty-three on board. The informant's wife's grandfather was Captain Blundem (drowned on board the "Maggie" with his wife). The informant copied this song from a book of Newfoundland stories. |
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