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Grounding at Saint John

Name: Grounding at Saint John
Start: 1874-06-19
Location: Beacon Island bar

When: 19 June 1874
Where: Beacon Island bar
Part of: Clipper Flying Cloud burned for scrap at Saint John, New Brunswick

Flying Cloud ran aground on the Beacon Island bar in Saint John, New Brunswick, on 19 June 1874.

The ship was sold to the Black Ball Line in 1862 and sailed under British colors. On 19 June 1874, Flying Cloud went aground on the Beacon Island bar, Saint John, New Brunswick. The legacy record claims the ship was burned for scrap in 1875, but the supplied passages only confirm the 1874 grounding.

Sources

Flying Cloud (clipper) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-07

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