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Labour Landmarks

Escuminac, 1959

Victims of the Escuminac Disaster

  • John Chapman, 16
  • Adrien Chiasson 20
  • Albert Chiasson, 50
  • Alphonse Chiasson, 17
  • Robert Chiasson, 16
  • William Chiasson, 47
  • Fraser Cook, 60
  • Edgar Daigle, 32
  • Charles Gauvin, 53
  • Arthur Kelly, 27
  • Hector Kelly, 19
  • Hugh Kelly, 50
  • Clifford Kingston, 54
  • Windsor Kingston, 34
  • Alfred MacLenaghan, 30
  • Amon Manuel, 43
  • William G. Manuel, 70
  • Alonzo Martin, 23
  • André Martin, 39
  • Rémi Martin, 19
  • George McLeod, 39
  • Allan Mills, 47
  • Andrew Mills, 21
  • Geoffrey Richard, 60
  • Jean-Louis Richard, 26
  • Lionel Richard, 29
  • Raphael Robichaud, 42
  • Victor Robichaud, 42
  • Leo Joseph Roy, 29
  • Harold Taylor, 20
  • Cunard Williston, 49
  • Eric Williston, 13
  • Haley Williston, 19
  • Haynes Williston, 40
  • Oswald Williston, 40

Source: Compiled from information in Harold W. J. Adams, ed., Trouble at Sea: Survivors and the Widows and Orphans of Victims of the Escuminac Disaster Tell Their Stories on the 40th Anniversary, June 20, 1959 (Miramichi, N.B.: Cadogan Publishing, 1999).