7 Jun 1939
Leo O’Leary, Queensport, was drowned Wednesday morning while lobstering off Livingstone’s Cove. According to reports available at press time he had gone out with John Dan Brown to move some traps to a better location . The sea was rough and a heavy wave struck the overloaded boat, throwing the men out, filling the craft and killing the engine. O’Leary sank but Brown clung to the boat, which drifted ashore. Brown was at the point of giving up when fishermen formed a chain in the surf and brought him in