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Extra, Extra Newspaper

An image of a period-looking copy of the Saint John Globe newspaper from July 9, 1867. The top copy in the stack of newspapers is showing the front page with the headline "Extra, Extra, Extra" Our Boys Have Won In Paris. There is also a photo of the team members posing in front of a boathouse in Southampton England with their boat. There is a caption declaring the Paris Crew as world champion oarsmen.

Source: New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame PHF2017.5-38

It took nearly 10 days before news of the Saint John rower’s victory in Paris reached Canada. In the days before modern communications, newspapers relied on dispatches sent by trans-Atlantic sailing ship for news from overseas.