OK..that would be me...it was a freighter I am sure..loaded with wood pulp I believe and took on water...

CFA = come from away ...my friends were CFA string band..

Revere is right...

That was my first song and I had the radio on all night as I was afraid of oversleeping..words kept going through my head and I woke up and said what is that song going through my head...it sort of composed itself as the radio kept announcing developments as it went down...it was very hard to get names of who was on it..thought my friends had escaped but later found that one who was delivering supplies was on it...

Salvation Army was a pretty big religious denomination there so I bet there were more than a few...mg