In 1916, as a costly war raged in Europe, the Newfoundland Government sought to curb spending on social support programs in order to finance the war effort. This decision led to deadly consequences for a group of people in Fortune Bay. A lightkeeper on St. Jacques Island, after witnessing the capsizing of a motorized yacht during a July storm, led a heroic effort to rescue the local welfare officer and the owner of the vessel. At the same time, a small schooner used as a floating medical clinic approached the stricken vessel to aid its passengers, when catastrophe struck—she was rammed and sunk by a former whaling ship plying the waters nearby.Outcomes from that historic night rippled through the lives of St. Jacques residents for generations. Recalled by John Guille Millais, a British naturalist and explorer who had lived among these people, we get to meet each of them in the lives they lived."The bravery of my great-grandfather, Conrad T. Fitz-Gerald, and his deep love of Fortune Bay was known to me through a tattered copy of his biography, The Albatross. Misfortune Bay recounts the sinking of his schooner, the Albatross, and brings to life what happened that night. This retelling of the events surrounding that tragedy, combined with my own experiences as a sailor, has enriched the magnitude of my appreciation for who he was. This book brings out the depth and heroism of my ancestor. I have never been more proud to be a Fitz-Gerald." — Tom Fitz-Gerald
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Table of contents
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 - The Caribou in Little Reach
- 2 - SS Hump, Afternoon, July 30, 1916
- 3 - Caribou, late morning, July 30, 1916
- 4 - Hump, Afternoon, July 30, 1916
- 5 - St. Jacques Island, July 30, 1916
- 6 - St. Jacques, July 30, 1916
- 7 - The Albatross, Late Afternoon, July 30, 1916
- 8 - Elizabeth Tibbo, July 30, 1916
- 9 - Bess Burke, July 30, 1916
- 10 - Fannie Clinton, July 30, 1916
- 11 - Hugh MacDermott, Early Evening, July 30, 1916
- 12 - Fitz-Gerald, Late Evening, July 30, 1916
- 13 - Bridgette Tibbo, July 30, 1916
- 14 - The Gertrude Mac, Late Evening, July 30, 1916
- 15 - The Hump, After Dark, July 30, 1916
- 16 - The Hump and The albatross, July 30, 1916
- 17 - Fitz-gerald Returns Home, July 30, 1916
- 18 - The Gertrude Mac, Late Night, July 30, 1916
- 19 - Telegraph Operator, Late Night, St. Jacques, July 30, 1916
- 20 - John Guille Millais
- 21 - Millais During WWI
- 22 - Millais’s Visit to Newfoundland, 1906
- 23 - Ryan Remembering 1880 in 1906
- 24 - Millais with Ryan, 1911
- 25 - The Tibbo Brothers
- 26 - Millais visits Conrad Fitz-Gerald, 1906
- 27 - Millais meets Harry Clinton, 1910
- 28 - Millais meets Isaac Burke, 1910
- 29
- 30 - Millais’s Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Endnotes
- Endnotes on Photographs and Illustrations
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Index
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