Brigs and Barques: Images and Artworks from the Age of Sail

"Captain Nash, Mrs. Nash and Mate Blandberg Hacked to Death in The Early Morning of July 14 in Their Berths on the United States Barquentine Herbert Fuller, Seven Hundred Miles Off Halifax, By First Mate Brain --- An Ocean Tragedy That Rivals the Famous 'Saladin' Murder and Piracy Story." The Halifax Herald covered the story for many days starting 22 July 1896; 3 pages of background articles presented here, from issue of 22 July.

Date: 1896

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  Newspaper Halifax Herald: 22 July 1896 p.1; mfm 6713