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   Alex Petrie, Ellen Petrie, Four Wilson's and a Miss Derbyshire, all Scotch settlers except Miss Derbyshire, who was an English visitor, left Ballina for a boating Pleasure on Killala Bay. There were seven in the boat all told It was a fifteen feet Pleasure boat. All went well until they crossed the Bar. They then turned towards Killala and about one hundred yards on that side somehow they got in among the breakers and the boat turned over there were five of them drowned, two Petries three Wilsons two girls and a boy fourteen years old, this was on Saturday. Alex Petrie was found on

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Crean

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrowcardin, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr John Boland

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carrowcardin, Co. Sligo