June 6, 1901
COLLISION OFF TORBAY
Schooner Springfield Cut Down by the Madeline.
LAST evening the schooner Springfield, Capt. Styles, of Northern Bight, Random, was cut down off Torbay by the Madeline, Capt. Souloy. The Springfield left here yesterday for Northern Bight with supplies for the Labrador fishery. Off Torbay the schooner Madeline was met beating up to St. John’s with a load of lumber for Martin Brothers. The Madeline crashed into the starboard quarter of the Springfield while reaching inshore, tearing away her stern davits and all her quarter right in to the cabin house, and smashing off her mainboom, making a total wreck of her mainsail. A tug was sent to her assistance and she was towed back to port last night. The damages are set between two and three hundred dollars. She can be seen to-day off O’Dwyer’s wharf, having repairs done, and what is left of her mainsail hanging up to dry.
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Transcribed by Wanda Garrett and Lester Green, September 2014; Latest updated March 2021
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