January
Sch. Carrie
P. Morton is lost with crew of fourteen.
14th - Alexander Landry capsized
in a dory, and was rescued after half an hour's exposure, unable to speak above a whisper.
20th - Alex McGinnis, 32,
unmarried, of Cape Breton, drowned when dory capsized from sch. Centennial
21st - James McQaurrie, 30,
unmarried, of Strait of Canso, N. S., is lost from sch. Moses Adams
February
18th - Angus McKenzie, single,
24 of East Port, P. E. I., and Allen Grant, married, 40 of Port Hood,
lost from sch. John S. Presson
March
12th - John Manuel of sch. Polar
Wave washed overboard. He was a Swede, 35, widower, left a son in Portland,
Me.
20th - Thomas Smith, unmarried,
Portuguese, 28 yrs., knocked overboard on Georges from sch. Dictator
22nd - John Peterson, Swede,
26 yrs., single and Augustus Peterson, Swede, single, 26 yrs., capsized
dory from sch. Andrew Leighton on Banks, and drowned.
April
Thomas Smith of sch. Racer
lost in collision with sch. Electric Flash off
Boston.
Sch. Julia Wood wrecked near Liverpool, N. S., crew saved.
8th - Judson W. Allen, unmarried,
of Marblehead, of sch. Knight Templar, capsized dory on Western
Banks and drowned.
May
Willis Bateman of Liverpool,
N. S., 17, of sch. Edward E. Webster lost in collision with sch.
Hereward
June
1st - Nelson M. Doane of Fox
Island, 23, single and William Post of Arichat, 22, single, lost
overboard by collision of sch. Sarah C. Pyle and an unknown
barque off Thacher's Island.
21st - Sch. Modena
abandoned at sea. Crew rescued with considerable difficulty.
July
5th - Sch. Oronoco
lost on Straitsmouth Island, crew saved.
12th - Sch. Lilian
Gertrude lost on Mt. Desert Rock, crew saved.
August
22nd - Sylvester Mitchell, of
Campobello and Albert Eldridge of Freeport, N. S. capsized from sch. Ossippe
on Banks.
31st - Sch. Lizzie
& Namari, owned by George Laturen, master and Almon
Mason, of Pigeon Cove, lost near Matinicus; crew saved.
September
Sch. Rival lost at
Magdalen Islands, crew saved.
1st - Sch. Mary
Louise, employed in the Georges fishery, run down and sunk 60 miles east of
Boston Light; crew saved.
22nd - John Smith, a native
of Crow Harbour, N. S. washed overboard from sch. Andrew Leighton
October
9th - William Tate, 19, of
Nova Scotia, and Charles Russell of Buckport, 20, lost in dory from sch. Josie
M. Calderwood
13th - Samuel Pearce, of sch.
Mary Story, washed overboard on Georges. He was a native of
Lowell, and left a widow and three children.
November
4th - Thomas King, 33,
single, a native of Port Hastings, washed overboard from sch. Annie C. Norwood
18th - Joseph Martin, 19,
single, of sch. Hyperion, washed overboard off Milk Island.
23rd - Sch. Riverdale
run into and sunk off Thacher's Island; crew rescued.
Sch. Cunard
lost sometime in November or December. Crew of fourteen men lost.
December
Sch. Nimbus wrecked
on Cape Negro. Two of crew, Augustus Long and Andrew Robinson of
Southwest Harbor, Me., were drowned.
2nd - Capt. H. A.
Bearse of the coasting schooner Hattie N. Gove was
knocked overboard and drowned in New London harbor.
10th - Capt. Philip
Conley of Rockport lost overboard from sch. Smuggler on
the way home from Grand Menan, left widow and three children.
19th - John Dakin, of sch. Ellen
H. Powers, capsized in dory in winter shore fishery, and drowned.
William Cole of New London, P. E. I., and Lemuel Hagan
of Liverpool, N. S., lost on LaHave Bank in dory from sch. Mary F. Chisholm. Alexander
Landry, in the same dory, succeeded in clinging to the dory until he attracted
the attention of comrades a quarter of a mile away, and was taken off in an exhausted
condition.
Thomas King capsized his dory from sch. Annie C. Norwood and
drowned.
20th - Sch. Samuel
Wonson employed in coasting trade, wrecked in Liscomb harbor, N. S.; crew
saved.
21st - Sch. Moses
Adams abandoned at sea, crew saved.
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