John Deighton developed swelling of the hands.
 Deighton signed up to work a new clipper Invincible that could sail 400 miles a day and made the trip in only 115 days
)  Deighton's brother Tom and his wife took over the business in 1873 and Deighton returned to working the steamship that plied the Fraser River, this time as a captain of the steamer Onward

