"The Southern Cross" was sung by Jack Dalton, Codroy, 1960, in Peacock, "Songs of the Newfoundland Outports, vol. 3, p. 973-974. The variant has a different tune from the one in Greenleaf and Mansfield, "Ballads and Sea Songs of Newfoundland," which is the version written down by Lizzie Rose, 1929.

Peacock's volumes have several 'wrecks' and many 'losses:
The Wreck of the Morrissey
The Wreck of the Semmity
The "Union" from St. John's
The Spring of '97 (ship not named)
There are 15 'losses':
The Loss of the Atlantic
The Loss of the Barbara Ann Ronney
The Loss of the Bruce
The Loss of the City of Quebec
The Loss of the Danny Goodwin
The Loss of the Eliza
The Loss of the Jewel (listed above)
The Loss of the John Harvey
The Loss of the Jubal Cain
The Loss of the Rammelly
The Loss of the Regalis (mis-spelled Regalus in list?)
The Loss of the Riseover
The Loss of the Sailor's Home
The Loss of the Shamrock

The Sally's Cove Tragedy
George's Banks (ship Morning Bloom lost many crew, other ships sunk in storm, 1868)

How many deaths make a disaster? ?