Shea Gang (Mercer)

Crew sailing from Grand Bank to Fogo are driven into Belleoram. Next day they are driven into Chambers Cove. They set sail again and make Cape Race but are driven back to Chambers Cove where they have to spend eight days. They finally reach Fogo but have to take a load of fish to Brazil, meet anothe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simms, Bob
Other Authors: Simms, Chesley
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/4124
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Summary:Crew sailing from Grand Bank to Fogo are driven into Belleoram. Next day they are driven into Chambers Cove. They set sail again and make Cape Race but are driven back to Chambers Cove where they have to spend eight days. They finally reach Fogo but have to take a load of fish to Brazil, meet another gale and are almost wrecked on the Tunks. Mercer: Greenleaf, 1968: 306 ("The Roving Newfoundlanders"); Leach, 1965: 204 ("George's Banks"); Peacock, 1965: 916, 918, 919 ("You Roving Boys of Newfoundland").

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