In past years, some boats have loaded beyond their limit to float, capsizing crew and fish into the chill waters.
The boats would deliver cargo into the area and would load crops on board to take to larger ports along the route.
A boat of her size could load 1,000 to 1,500 bushels a trip.
The submarine was withdrawing toward the north, but all the time it was shelling the open boats, three of them, loaded to the gunwales with survivors.
At the end of it a boat was unloading and loading passengers-the River must be very shallow there to need so long a pier.
In the PT attack that followed, 15 boats loaded with 60 torpedoes counted only a few observed explosions.
In 1718, two boats loaded with hay attempted to pass beneath the Petit Pont.
In May 2009, similarly, nine Haitian migrants were killed when a boat loaded with approximately 30 passengers capsized.
The boat loaded by 12 o'clock with 40 carts coal.
The boat experts urged everyone into a huddle, then loaded the boat, guiding them with nudges and handgrips.