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thb 1s no ~x "gge rlltion . A Hr . Power , of Carbonear , find a Hr . Kenned y of Har-borcrece
, ma nag e d to secure tw o houses that were lying vacant (the familie s being on
the Labrador) , where 'they installed a drop of the cup that dnebr-Late e , Ther e
vere also t.ent-e erected in fields and on Carbonear road for the same purpose-c.
ever y person being ufter t he " a lmight y dollar".
Retro- )
apectdve}
Before the landing of the cable in 1866 the i ndustrie e of the town
of Heart's Content vere practically codf ishe r y and
scalflshcry, and
buil di ng :'lCluar e -ri eger ~ of ill bout 120 or 130 tons for t he prosecution of those
fisherie s . Shipbuildlng,ho\Jever , vae gradua l ly dying out, ateemer-s having be en
introduced into t he s ealfisher y .
There ~r~ t hree pdaces of bu si ne s s un der t.he propriet orship of Ridley & Sons­
Josep h Hopk dn e a nd Ella :'! \rl'&rren , re sp e ctdve Iy, Tbe ee 'Were su pplying hou eea , The
former vas a branch busf ne e s of Ri dl ey & Sons , Harbor Grace . The Lat.t.er- two were
sbfpovner-a-doeeph Hopkins ovmng the GleBner and
El iR s Wlirren the 1>.nz101), both
being seilll _hun t crs .
The )
4ndi ng )
The 27th . day of July,1866 , WD S ce r t ainl y a red letter dilly for the
t.ovn of He ar t 's Content . I n t he olilrly morning , there va a a dense
f og l yi ng on the va t er-s of Trinity Day , so that t he fishing folk, pu r-eudng their
calli n~_ i o -~~ tCh t he.... c od--:;-t- tb\"" -d;i~break, cOuld-"scarcely, grope -tiieirlia.y~to-thei.T--~ -
haunt.s, ill s hor t. distanc e from t.he shor e . About 6 A.l.f., the f og lifted iii little,
and the fi~herrnen up lit iii pkac e called Fre ab ve t e r-, about four miles \: . 5 .'.l . froiD.
Hea rt' s Content , eav iii ship lying, a ppe rentdy no t knO'Jine her whereabouts . They
e esuaed ebe va s one of the convoy of the Great Eastern, and accordingly dir ected
her which WilY to make the port of Heart's Content ; and the ship , vhfch proved t o
be the Al ba my,
succeede d in t aki ng up her be r t h about t.be centre of 'the ha rbor, a
positi on bet.veen the prese nt Cab l e Of fic~ an d Ott f!r Point.