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| Photo Title: | Crew of H.M.S. "Tenedos" at Harbour Grace |
| Image No.: | PF-343.0445 |
| Image Location: | munn-godden/pf343_0445.jpg |
| Date of Creation: | 1884 |
| Physical Description: | 3 photograph5 : b&w ; 12 X 17.5 cm |
| Biography/Admin History: | "On May 12, 1884 a trial began at Harbour Grace for nineteen Roman Catholics charged in the Harbour Grace Affray. After hearing forty-seven days of contradictory testimony, the jury acquitted all nineteen of murder charges. The acquittal infruiated Orangemen who saw it as evidence that Protestants were easy targets for Roman Catholics to attack with impunity. A new trial was ordered in November of 1884 and during this trial the Orangemen of Harbour Grace made known their intentions to mark the anniversary of the Harbour Grace Affray with another parade. This caused much unease in the community and fears of another riot. As a precaution, Governor John Hawley Glover had the British warship H.M.S. Tenedos anchored in Harbour Grace and sent fifty constables to preserve law and order. It is most likely that H.M.S. Tenedos was at Harbour Grace during the trial." (Extracted from the Newfoundland Historical Society Newsletter Spring 2015, P. 10.) |
| Custodial History: | The photographs were owned by Norma Godden, formerly of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland |
| Collector: | Norma Godden |
| Source Donor: | Norma Godden |
| Collection Title: | Munn-Godden Collection |
| Restrictions on Access: | Copyright expired |
| Copyright: | p |
| Subjects: | Tenedos (Ship) / Harbour Grace Affray / Harbour Grace (N.L.) |
