Six Steamers Held Fast in Ice Since Twenty-First of March.
St. Johns, N. F., April 7.-though the sealing season in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has not been an utter failure, St. Johns sealers have had a rough time. The catch totals about 136,500.
Since March 31 the steamers Bellaventure, Bonaventure, Boethic, Virginia Lake, Adventure and Newfoundland have been held fast in the heavy ice floes, and they are drifting slowly toward the shore at the mouth of Notre Dame bay.
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