The Wreck of the Sovinto
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Description
"Northsiders" along the coast from
Cable Head to Priest Pond got little if
any sleep the week of November 2 to
November 6 in the year 1906. On
Friday, the second, the Turret Bell, a
2210-ton iron steamer, was wrecked on
a bar off Cable Head, but heavy seas
and an exceptionally high tide swept her
in close to shore and, by Sunday, the
twenty-two passengers and crew members
had been saved by a ship-to-shore line.
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- Title
- The Wreck of the Sovinto
- Creator
- Townshend, Adele
- Subject
- Island Magazine, Prince Edward Island Museum
- Description
- "Northsiders" along the coast from Cable Head to Priest Pond got little if any sleep the week of November 2 to November 6 in the year 1906. On Friday, the second, the Turret Bell, a 2210-ton iron steamer, was wrecked on a bar off Cable Head, but heavy seas and an exceptionally high tide swept her in close to shore and, by Sunday, the twenty-two passengers and crew members had been saved by a ship-to-shore line.
- Publisher
- Prince Edward Island Museum
- Contributor
- Date
- 1978
- Type
- Document
- Format
- application/pdf
- Identifier
- vre:islemag-batch2-59
- Source
- 04
- Language
- en_US
- Relation
- Coverage
- Rights
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