Archive for the ‘Newfoundland’ Category
Red Sky at Night – Sailor’s Delight; Red Sky in the Morning – Sailor’s Warning Hi Our Newfoundland weather is famously unpredictable. We are blessed or cursed with crazy weather. We have it all, sometimes all in the same day. I have witnessed snow falling in August. And as I am now middle age I am [...]
Hi It’s a bit crazy around these parts lately with our flood, health issues, babysitting Benjamin and home repair. So if you were wondering where I have been I was really tied up. No excuse for no posts though. So let’s get back at it shall we. Last week Todd called from work starving so [...]
Hi Living on an island in the north atlantic can give us some dramatic weather. Early last week we were hearing about a blizzard headed our way. So for days we watched the news and listened to all-weather reports. On Wednesday we had a beautiful day, the calm before the storm as they say. I [...]
Hi Yesterday I told you about my great-grandfather Elias Coffin and his son Hubert who died aboard the SS Caribou. Today I am going to tell you about my grandfather Elias Coffin son of Elias Coffin. My grandfather Elias Giles Coffin was born 1920 and died 1965. He was forty five, my mother was 16. [...]
Hi In the early hours of October 14, 1942 a torpedo from the German submarine U69 hit the passenger ship SS Caribou, on route to Port aux Basques, Newfoundland from Sydney, Nova Scotia. Of the 237 people aboard the Caribou 136 had perished. Fifty-seven were military personnel and 49 were civilians. The Channel-Port aux Basques area was the worst hit as many [...]
