1892 – My Waters Family

From Robert Cairns to his brother John Andrew Cairns (January 22, 1892)

January 22, 1892Letters

[Envelope addressed: Rev. John A. Cairns. Scotsburn Pictou Co Nova Scotia Canada. Postmarked: Moose Jaw Assa Ja 23 92. Three cent Queen Victoria stamp. Before Saskatchewan became a province in…

Map & Legend for Staten Island (1892)

May 19, 2023Artifacts

This hand-drawn map made by Second Mate William Wade shows all the key locations described in Frank’s story of their eighty-some days of survival. The hand-written legend was also made…

Hand-written Calendar of Time Frank Hewson is Stranded on Staten Island (1891-2)

May 19, 2023Artifacts

Second Mate William Wade also kept a calendar of the time he, Frank Hewson and the crew of Crown of Italy were stranded on Staten Island in 1891-2. Image of…

Official Report – Wreck of Crown of Italy (1892)

May 19, 2023Artifacts

The official report of the wreck of Crown of Italy, and Frank’s comments in his log on the court report and his role. See also P. 726 of the By…

Newspaper Article – Presentation on Crown of Italy Wreck (1936)

May 19, 2023Artifacts

This Sydney Morning Herald news story of May 21, 1936, describes a presentation made many years later by William Wade, a captain who was Second Mate on Crown of Italy,…

Stranding of Crown of Austria (1892)

May 19, 2023Photographs

Captain T.J. Greenbank (the only one without a shovel) supervises the ship’s crew attempting to loosen the stranded Crown of Austria from the sandbar where it ran aground on December…

John McPherson

May 19, 2023Photographs

McPherson was Crown of Austria ’s carpenter, as he was for the ill-fated Crown of Italy, and so crewed with First Mate Frank Hewson and Second Mate William Wade. Courtesy…

Letter to John Dickey from W. Archibald (March 18, 1892)

May 30, 2023Artifacts, Letters

This interesting letter from William Archibald to "Mr. John Dickey" in Rhode Island, dated Mar 3, 1892, was recently shared with me by my cousin Nancy Porter, daughter of Amaret…