Deseret Evening News | 1891-07-18 | Page 2 | The Canadian Gulf Fisheries a Failure

The lanadlaa llnU ritlisrlss '! Jjf I. Ilu,.. k ,U lu:mc, July 17. The Canadian !( A (lull llsheilss this seilsnn were a total l sH failure, eu far as the North Hlion, and , J Magdalen Islands were concerned. Of- if .J llclal Inforinatloii has Ur.it rttelvcil by it fl lite Dominion agency nf fisheries here K -Mi. from the agent on Urliidstouu Island H that thu spring school ot cod (isssed Iff J the Island while thu vntlm tajpulatluu l .1 werudown wllh tho grip and that uono i A luuld bu caught. ; Jli ul p'ur thn same reason tho lobsters '1 fl which weru 111 great abuildauce could H M not Ihi taken. The factories all closed , if down, sustaining serious losses, The ;i J agent writes thst unless the autumn .Ml mackenl fishing Is good there will 'li las dire dlstreaa on the Island noxt ll K winter. , Jf W HlnicJunoo.il Uteris has been sev. v A K snty-flve deaths ou the Island from la ' Jh f U'lppu. ! JLi