Abbreviations used
Date October 19 1887
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Provincetown, Mass., Oct. 19 - The fishing schr. "Rebecca Nickerson", Capt. Allen, sailed for the Grand Banks, May 25. She had not been seen since the hurricane of Sept. 3rd and is given up as lost with 19 men as follows: Mate, Malcolm McLEOD, Grand River, N.S.; Daniel ALLEN, captain's brother, Provincetown; Eben McCAULEY, captain's uncle, Grand River; Manuel ROGERS, native of Western Islands; Dick HARRIS, residence unknown; Edgar HOLDON, Simon BRIAND, John WOLFE, natives of Cape Breton; Nathan FEENER, William FEENER and Henry FEENER, brothers, Liverpool, N.S.; Archibald PAYSANT, Thomas BOUDROT, Lardois, N.S.; James MARSHALL, James MARTELL, Justin MARTELLE, River d'Innis, N.S.; William SWEENEY, Boston; Neil McISAAC, Grand River, N.S.