Abréviations utilisées
Date 16 février 1880
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal Saint John Globe
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
Windsor Mail says Having executed at our Job Printing Office some memorial cards for friends, it recalls the sad loss of the ship "D.R. Eaton" of Windsor, N.S. She left New York for Antwerp on Sept. 14th, 1878 and no tidings of her were ever received. The card bears the following: 'Sacred to the Memory of / Captain Harris H. SHAW, / Sarah A. SHAW, / (his wife) aged 29 years / Daughter of the late W.B. SMITH and Annie SMITH, / of St. John, N.B. / Ida May SHAW, / (their daughter) aged 5 years, / Mate Edward SHAW, / aged 42 years / Boatswain Henry A. SHAW, / aged 21 years / Sons of David SHAW and Terracy SHAW of Falmouth.