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Banking Schooner
Mina Swim of Burin
Lost Feb. 1917
23 Men Lost
Mina Swim built in Essex Massachusetts 1904 was a 2 Masted 10 Dory Banking Schooner launched 1905 spent two years in The American Trade. It was purchased by Lefeuvre’s in 1907 sailing from Boston to Burin. For the next ten years , she fished on Querro and down to Labrador. Late each fall when fishing was over she took freight from Bull's Cove to St. John's . Measurements were 82 ft. and netted 60 tons. Left Burin at 3:00 pm Feb. 1917 bound for Querro. There was a terrible storm that night and she was never seen again. Also WW1 was in full bloom and so was submarine activity and floating mines were known to be in that area. 20 men listed out of 23 Captain John Jarvis, Path End, Burin
Information transcribed by: Frank Brinston (April, 2001) |
STILL UNREPORTED The Daily News, St. John's Newfoundland
The Daily News, St. John's Newfoundland
Additional information obtained from the Maritime History Archives, at Memorial University, indicates that the Mina Swim was presumed sunk by a subamrine.
Information Transcribed and Contributed by Colin Waye (April 2011) |
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NAME | DESCRIPTION OF ERROR | REPORTED BY |
GILES, James*1 | I am doing research for our town (Town of Burin) and came across your website on the lost vessel Mina Swim. I have connections relatives to this ship being lost and also grew up in Bullscove where the vessel left and noticed one name James Giles from Path End as one of the lost men. I beleive this name is an error of pronunciation over the years; as in my personal Ancestory history I am related to a family from Path End and there last name was "Childs" one of which was James Childs son of John Childs and Mary Ann Brushett. He was born in Dec. 22 1872 and died on the Mina Swim at age of 44. I think over the years the name got pronounced "Giles" by local residents. | Darrell Riggs Resident of Town of Burin |
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