FROM THE ARCHIVES | Remembering the 'Snowboy' disaster 58 years later
Published:Monday | July 5, 2021 | 1:33 PM
Today marks the 58th anniversary of the 1963 sinking of the 'Snowboy', a fishing boat in which approximately 40 men died.
The boat was en route from the Zero Processing Wharf in Kingston Harbour to the Pedro Cays when the tragedy occurred.
LISTEN: Remembering the Snowboy disaster
In 2013, journalist Earl Moxam compiled this feature on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the tragedy.
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