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Effie M.

Schooner · Newfoundland · Lost 1907 · Newfoundland

Returning from the Labrador fishery in a September gale, the schooner Effie M. missed her harbour in the dark and was wrecked with all hands on the cliffs of Lead Cove in 1907.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

Effie M., a 72-ton schooner under Captain Frederick Morris, was homeward bound from the Labrador fishery in September 1907, carrying her crew and planters picked up along the way. Caught by a gale on 18 September, she became separated from a companion schooner, the Nelson, in the dark and struck the cliffs at Lead Cove, near Trinity Bay. No survivors were found; wreckage confirmed her identity soon after.

Vessel

Built: Not established
Builder: Not established
Yard: Not established
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 72
Propulsion: Sail
Owners: Not established

Loss

Date: September 18, 1907
Cause: Storm
Location: Lead Cove, Trinity Bay
Water: Trinity Bay
Voyage: Labrador coast → Trinity Bay, Newfoundland
Cargo: Fish and passengers (planters) from the Labrador fishery
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Lost with all hands; a crew of about ten plus planters picked up at Crouse were aboard, but an exact total was not established in the sources reviewed.
Master: Frederick Morris