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After the Newfoundland Railway went through in 1897, the people in these settlements began moving closer to communities nearer the tracks, and by about 1930, most had resettled to a location near a railway siding at Barachois Point, which was renamed "Osmond" after a local family. [3]
Newfoundland Railway Station, St. John's. By the early 1920s, the Reid Newfoundland Company's losses were mounting and in 1923 the colonial government passed the Railway Settlement Act which cancelled the operating contract for the entire system, passing the railway into government control (a form of nationalization).
A coastal steamship that ran aground in a fierce storm. Flare Cyprus: 16 January 1998 A bulk carrier that sank in a storm near Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Florence United States: 9 August 1840 An American brig of 200 tons, out of Rotterdam, that sank in the fog near Cape Race with 50 dead. Florizel Newfoundland: 23 February 1918
Two ships in the Reid Newfoundland fleet did not adhere to the Alphabet Fleet naming system: Virginia Lake, acquired after the loss of Fife, and Sagona, acquired in 1914. SS Virginia Lake in a way-port. SS Virginia Lake was originally named Conscript and was built in 1888 by A. McMillian & Company, Dumbarton, Scotland. Launched on 10 March 1888 ...
The Narrows, is the only passage from the Atlantic Ocean to St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland, bordered north and south by steep rock walls. A skilled captain is required to navigate large ships through the Narrows, known as “threading the eye of the needle”. [ 1 ]
Red Cross Liner Florizel wrecked on the Rocky Coast of Newfoundland, 1918 The rescue fleet assembled about sunken Florizel at 8:30 AM February 24, 1918. Florizel departed St. John's on Saturday, 23 February 1918, for Halifax and then on to New York, with 78 passengers and 60 crew. [1] Among the passengers were many prominent St. John's businessmen.
SS Sagona was a passenger and freight ferry used in ferry service on the northern coastal routes between the island of Newfoundland and the coast of Labrador in Canada. In winter, Sagona was primarily a sealing vessel, bringing in a total of 165,599 seals from 1912 until 1938 under captains Job Knee, Jack Randell, Lewis Little and Jacob Kean.
Mile Zero Signpost at the Railway Coastal Museum. The Railway Coastal Museum is a transport museum located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.It is located in the historic Newfoundland Railway terminal on Water Street and contains exhibits detailing the history of the Newfoundland Railway and the history of coastal water transportation in the province.
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