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In 1934 the captain and mate of the Tena #11 were assigned to meet another rum vessel 12 miles off North Lake. This vessel was to fly a small sail for identification and it was to meet the Tena #11 at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 23rd. After the cargo was trans— ferred, the Tena #11 was ready to return to its home port, but the captain discovered that the boat had no power due to battery failure. About 9:30 p.m. the wind began to blow and increased to almost gale force. At 11:00 p.m. the boat had lost is anchor and

was drifting out to sea. They tied another anchor to the cables but it also broke away.

On Oct. 24th they drifted all day and all night and with no sign of the wind abating. On the 25th around 4:00 a.m. the storm began to weaken. The two men had drifted in their boat for two days and had given up all hopes of being rescued and to make matters worse the pump for bailing broke down, so they had to bail by hand with one bucket. Their food and smoking supplies ran out;

their only means of an SOS was a flag in daylight and a 3 cell flashlight at night.

On the night of the 25th Jonathan thought he saw a light to the north west but his brother told him he was imagining things; but Jonathan again stated that he saw the light 3 times in a row. He began to signal with the flashlight and there was a light signalled back to them. The signal came from the ship, Sanfonia, which was on its maiden voyage from Sorel, Quebec. This ship picked up the brothers on the Tena #11 at midnight, the 26th, twenty—seven miles off Shipwreck Point, Naufrage. After 4 days of drifting the ship was a welcome sight. The Tena #11 was towed behind the Sanfonia and they headed for Souris, the only port large enough for the Sanfonia to enter. They had proceeded only a short distance when the Tena #ll filled. When the wind moderated, they decided against going to Souris, set their course for Naufrage, towed the Tena #11 as far as they could towards the

shoreline and signalled for another boat to come and pick up her and the crew of 2 men.

The brothers were most grateful to the Sanfonia for rescu— ing them from what they expected to be a tragedy at sea.

Lobster Season has Two Opening Dates — 1972

The lobster season in district 7-B had two opening dates -

May 20th for the south side of the province and May 22nd for the north side.

The delay on the north side was due to ice conditions in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A field of ice extended about 12 miles off the north shore of the province and ran about the full length of the province. The ice field was 30 miles wide and a shift of

wind to a northerly direction would threaten lobster gear that might be set in the Gulf.