Sable Island Shipwrecks

by Campbell, Lyall

• ISBN13: 9781551090962
• ISBN10: 1551090961
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

Summary

Over 300 ships have gone down on Sable Island. The first known wreck was in 1583. This best selling book tells the stories of disaster, danger, rescue and survival.

Author Biography

Bob Kroll has been writing for the broadcast industry for more than thirty years. He is the author of Intimate Fragments, an irreverent chronicle of early Halifax, and is the past winner of an ACTRA Award for best writer, radio drama (Maritimes). He lives in Halifax.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
A Rash Nobleman, A Cool Pirate, and an Unsolved Mystery	1	(14)
Destroyer of Ships and Haven of Wild Horses	15	(14)
Meeting Spot of Privateers, Fishermen and Unfortunate Others	29	(11)
The Impact of Sinking Ships and Mounting Tragedy	40	(13)
The Loss and Gain of the Hannah and Eliza	53	(13)
A Plethora of Shipwrecks	66	(11)
The Triumphs of Joseph Darby	77	(12)
A Season of Growlers at Sable Island	89	(10)
A Pair of Villains, An Angel, and the East End Station	99	(16)
Women and Children First---Unfortunately	115	(12)
Gross Inefficiency or Worse	127	(14)
A Lone Survivor	141	(12)
Grace Darling, the Rocket Apparatus, and the Destruction of Sable Island	153	(19)
The End of an Era and the Beginning of a New Age	172	(11)
Notes	183	(10)
Index	193