Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Betsy McCay: 1819
Betsy joined seventeen others that day and took the overloaded skiff across the water to the Hay Bay church. The young people sang hymns as they approached land; the boat took on water. Weighed down by the heavy skirts and layers of the early 1800s, Betsy and nine others drowned while the congregation watched from shore.
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How horrible. I love the idea of living near water, but a downside has to be hearing these tragic tales.
ReplyDeleteAwful.
ReplyDeleteIs there a podcast about this? (By the way, I'm now listening to the one about Heaven's Gate, which I hadn't heard of before.)
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. It's local lore. http://www.oldhaybaychurch.ca/1819-drowning/
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