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 capsized boats had what little life was left in them literally pounded out of them in the surf along Sweetapple and Knoxport Ledges.

"One boat which contained few passengers except for Nova Scotia did not come in by itself, but was picked up by the schooner Mary Linda Brown, bound north. It narrowly escaped being run down by the Mary Linda Brown instead of being rescued. The schooner's crew heard none of the distress signals from the Old Province. Among those brought by the schooner were Gen. John Bry, K.C.B., Sir Hastings Halbert, and Rev. Francis Holman, of Halifax; Mr. and Mrs. George Freeborn, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Earle, and Mr. John A. Belmont. A son of the latter gentleman, on one of the boats, was drowned.

"A singularly sad history attaches to the loss of a young lad named Saxton, the son of Mr. Gerald B. Saxton, of this city. He was traveling with his tutor to Nova Scotia, and, according to one story, went from the ship in the same boat with Hoyt. His body was not recovered, nor his tutor's. Young Saxton's father, who has been with a camping-party in Nova Scotia, was immediately sent for. He