File: NP161
Date: 12 Jul 1851
Source: The Acadian Recorder
DISASTER. —Capt LeBlane, of the schr. Matilda, of Arichat, arrived on Tuesday: reports that on passing through the straits of Canso on Monday morning last, he saw an American schooner of about 40 tons capsize in a heavy gale or squall.——He was unable to render them any assistance from the position he was in at the time. Saw ten men clinging to the side of the schooner as she lay on her beam ends, and several boats in the vicinity that would undoubtedly save all their lives. —Captain LeBlanc came to the same day under Cape George when he was informed that another American had been capsized in the same gale that morning off Pomket island.—Ib.