Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — SEVENTEEN PERISH [ARTICLE]

SEVENTEEN PERISH

Storm Lashes Newfoundland Coast for \ ; Forty-eight Hours. St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 4. —Seventeen persons have perished in a storm which has lashed the Newfoundland coast for forty-eight hours. In all, ten fishing vessels have gone ashore. The victims of the gale were members of the crews of three of these craft A northerly gale caught many small vessels off the coast and in scudding for harbor before the blast, many of them lost their bearings.