Hi Ric, You could probably receive information from a different List, called TheShipsList. www.rootsweb.com Mailing List "Find a List" But, out of curiousity, I searched on-line for "1775 hurricane" and found a couple of sites mentioning it, including this one: http://rexton.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/newfoundland-and-labrador-marine-disasters-and-shipwrecks/ And just found this site which mentions the hurricane, etc. http://www.mun.ca/research/2007report/funding_news/natural_risks.php According to Dr. Catto, communities in Newfoundland and Labrador are subject to a variety of natural hazards. He points out that the province has experienced floods, storm surges, severe ice and snow storms, droughts, tornadoes and forest fires. Slope failures, he noted, have killed more than 50 people since 1900, while a 1775 hurricane may have claimed as many as 4,000 lives. Newfoundland also suffered the greatest death toll from a seismic event of any current Canadian jurisdiction when a strong earthquake created a tsunami that struck the island in 1929. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (on Lists for 8 yrs.; now an Administrator for 8 Lists, including CAN-USA-Migration) And, please know: "2010, the Year of the British Home Child" ----- Original Message ----- From: "ric lambert" <ricjlam@hotmail.com> To: <nfld-lab@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:39 AM Subject: [NFLD-LAB] Sep 1775 Hurricane Avalon Pen. NFDL Hi all I am new to this list and hope a kind soul with some marine history knowledge can help please. I have seen only one report ( Edinburgh Advertiser 17 Nov 1775) which actually lists some of the ships which went down in this disaster. I am interested in the ship "Henry and Honora" listed there which went down with all hands and shows master simply as "Brooks". Does anyone have more info please on this ship in particular eg size, where built, home port etc and the full name of the master? thanks in anticipation for any help _________________________________________________________________ New, Used, Demo, Dealer or Private? Find it at CarPoint.com.au http://clk.atdmt.com/NMN/go/206222968/direct/01/