“The Loss of the Jubal Cain”
Description
"Twas of the schooner Jubal Cain Of which no doubt you've heard.... lost on Nova Scotia's shore, She had eight men on board." The cargo vessel leaves Halifax January 10 and after 16 days the owner gets a wire that the ship and all hands are lost at sea.
Notes
The Northern Shipwrecks Database notes that there is a monument to the loss at Grand Bank. There was, and may be again. A sign at Fraser Park explaining the loss was put up in 1987 but has since blown down according to Robert Parsons' "NF Shipwrecks on the WEB" site in 2003 - BS
Although the ship is properly the _Tubal Cain_ (a name derived from Genesis 4:22; Tubal-cain, a worker in brass and iron), the only known collection calls it the _Jubal Cain_ (possibly by confusion with Tubal-cain's half-brother Jubal mentioned in Genesis 4:21), and I've followed that. - RBW
Historical references
- Jan 12, 1907 - The Tubal Cain leaves Halifax for Grand Bank; it is lost in a storm, possibly on January 15
References
- Peacock, pp. 952-953, "The Loss of the Jubal Cain" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #9930
- BI, Pea952