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McIntyre, Kyle, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Jul 1998, 39-49     The broadsheets and nautical journals of the mid-nineteenth century register shipwrecks with the same detachment that can be read in the daily traffic reports of a contemporary newspaper. The human elements in the events are downplayed and the material costs neatly summarized as insurance estimates. Yet in any tragedy it ...

    Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $1,600 Remarks: Got off

    Reason: broke machinery Lives: nil Hull damage: $500 Remarks: Repaired

    Reason: aground Freight: flour & grain Remarks: Got off

    Reason: aground Remarks: Got off

    Reason: aground Lives: nil

    Reason: sunk Lives: nil Hull damage: $9,000 Remarks: Total loss

    Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $2,400

    Reason: collision Lives: nil

    Reason: aground Remarks: Got off

    Reason: collision Lives: nil Hull damage: $2,000 Cargo: $250 Remarks: Repaired

    "Pier & Light House, Port Maitland, Ont." Reverse: "A. L. Merrill, Toronto, Canada"

    "Beach & Lighthouse, Port Maitland, Ont." Reverse: "Published by Stedman Bros., Ltd., Brantford, Canada"

    Reason: struck Pier & sunk Lives: nil Freight: lumber Remarks: Raised

    Reason: sunk Lives: nil Freight: coal Remarks: Raised

    Reason: aground Lives: nil Hull damage: $160 Cargo: $100 Remarks: Got off

    Reason: sunk by collision Lives: nil Freight: salt

    Reason: collision Lives: nil Remarks: damages slight

    Reason: aground Remarks: got off

    Reason: sunk Lives: nil Freight: coal Remarks: Total loss