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Thread #170618   Message #4160839
Posted By: GeoffLawes
31-Dec-22 - 11:45 AM
Thread Name: Any December Songs?
Subject: RE: Any December Songs?
THE LOSS OF THE SAILOR’S HOME

31 December, 1890 The Sailor's Home was wrecked near St Pierre & Miquelon carrying coal from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Fortune, Newfoundland.

Loss of the Sailor's Home from The Ballad Index    https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Pea960.html