SHIPWRECKS

Santo Domingo

The schooner, Santo Domingo, left Wickford, Ireland, on June 23, 1883 for Newfoundland with a load of immigrants but came ashore on the north side of Prince Edward Island near East Point. William Pierce's grandmother was on this boat. She was Mary Harris, daughter of Moses Harris and only two years of age. Moses Harris, was the great great grand—father of Thomas (Tommy) Harris, (The Willie Harris Family). On board, also, were many of the first settlers to Elmira whose names are listed in the account of the Elmira District.

True Friend

In 1824, the brigantine, True Friend, with Samuel Walker as master, sailed from Quebec bound for Halifax but was wrecked on East Point reef on September 25th in a violent north- east gale. The passengers and crew were able to get ashore with great difficulty.

Sale of Vessel

S. Desbrisay, auctioneer, advertised to be sold at 12 noon on August 28, 1833, on the King's wharf, the materials, etc., of the brigantine, Planter, wrecked a short time before this, near East Point.

Henrietta

The Henrietta, lumber laden from Quebec to the Old Country, was wrecked on October 26, 1856. On reaching the Gulf of St. Lawrence, it was caught in a heavy gale that lasted for three days. Having sprung a leak, the ship soon became waterlogged but they succeeded in getting it around East Point. In the evening the captain decided to run her ashore at West River, now Kingsboro, but it went around on the outer bar. Here it

parted, the timber began to float ashore, and the captain and three of the sailors were drowned.

Through the efforts of men on the shore, ten of the crew

were saved. The bodies of the others were buried in Kingsboro Cemetery.