January
2nd - Sch. Wachusett
was caught in a terrific gale on Banquereau, losing foremast and
maintopmast, and springing her bowsprit. Th make matters worse her windlass was smashed,
and she was obliged to drive 375 miles to sea before the storm abated. She succeeded in
reaching St. Johns, N. F., Jan 10 "weighed down with an armor of ice on her hull
several inches thick and several tons weight," and "looking as is she had
emerged from Baffin's Bay."
9th - Sch. Alice M. Strople lost in hurricane with crew of
fourteen men.
13th - Sch. Ben
Hur was wrecked on Blanche Point, N. S. . She was bound home from Bank
halibuting with a fare of 45,000 lbs. halibut. Crew saved, a portion of them remaining in
the rigging until daylight.
14th - George Nickerson, a
native of Hayes Harbor, Yarmouth, N. S., about 35 years, was washed overboard from sch. Gleaner.
15th - William Powers, a
native of Crow Harbor, N. S., and John Gilbert, a native of Belloram,
Newfoundland, two of the crew of sch. Mary A. Clark, were
drowned by the capsizing of their dory on the banks.
16th - Sch. Isaac A. Chapman from Fortune Bay with a cargo of
frozen herring, sailed from St. Pierre and was never seen again.
17th - Henry
Frazier of sch. J. H. Carey capsized and drowned
18th - Sch. Gleaner
was wrecked on Murder Island, near Yarmouth, N. S. The crew landed by means
of a line attached to the shore, and remained in a hut on the island two days before they
were taken off. She was got off at the halves and towed to Yarmouth, N. S., but was
practically a total loss.
22nd - John O. McDonald, about
25 years, a native of Cape Breton, was washed overboard from sch. Estelle S.
Nunan off shore.
26th - Cusy Vennen, one of
the crew of sch. Horace B. Parker, in drawing water while the
vessel was going at nine knots or more, was accidentally drawn overboard. Dories were got
out and he was rescued by a narrow chance, his had only being seen when he was discovered.
February
2nd - Fred. Harris and Lawrence
Boudrow of sch. Sea Fox were capsized in a dory, but
succeeded in clinging to the bottom of the dory in a heavy sea until rescued by their
shipmates. the next day two others of the crew, Gilbert Mero and Walter
Malay, were capsized in sight of the vessel, but were rescued with considerable
difficulty, as there was a heavy sea running.
3rd - Capt. Loring
Gayton of sch. Emma E. Witherell of Boston had his left
hand badly shattered by the explosion of a bomb with which he was signaling his dories in
a fog.
4th - Charles Closson, one of
the crew of sch. Proeyon, was taken sick with pneumonia on a
Georges trip, and died at the Boston City Hospital, a few hours after reaching port. He
was a native of Sweden, about 25, and unmarried.
11th - Sch. Wachusett
was wrecked at Fell;s Cove, Burin, N. F. while on a Bank codfishing trip.
21st - Sch. Agnes
while on the way home from Fortune Bay with a partial cargo of frozen
herring, was wrecked at Vanquero Island, Miq. Crew saved.
Abraham Gerroir and Abram Frazier, unmarried, from
Arichat, C. B., and Timothy O'Coonnell, a native of Shelburne, N. S.,
were washed from the bowsprit of sch. Marion Grimes in a gale on
Georges, and drowned. The vessel had broken adrift and they were on the bowsprit to stop
the jib. The vessel was so badly iced up that nothing could be done for their rescue.
23rd - Harry Basser, about
40, a native of Sweden, was washed overboard from sch. Dido on
Georges.
March
Robert Stagg, one of the crew
of sch. Anna H. Frye, was washed overboard and drowned on the
passage to Grand Manan. He was a native of the West of England and left a widow and three
children in Newfoundland.
19th - Sch. H. A.
Duncan lost six of her crew in the blinding snow-storm. Two of them
afterwards regained their vessel. Two others, Murdock Quinley and Michael
Hafey, were exposed to the severity of the storm for twenty hours, when they were
picked up in a pitiable condition by the sch. John F. Nickerson
of Boston. The other two, Alfred M. Brown and Ambrose Garcia, had
a terrible experience. In the evening after being out all the afternoon, Brown was washed
overboard with the oars, but was pulled aboard again, more dead than alive by his
dory-mate. They were rescued the next day by a dory from sch. Blue Jacket,
their feet being badly swollen and frozen, and neither of them cold have survived much
longer.
Charles Johnson went astray in a dory from sch. S. A.
Parkhurst on Middle bank and all efforts to find him proved of no avail.
Joseph Campbell, a native of Halifax, N. S. and unmarried, was washed
from the bowsprit and drowned. James Lahey and Sylvester Hafey were
lost from their dory from sch. A. R. Crittenden in a snow storm
on the Western Bank. They were young men, unmarried, and natives of St. John, N. F. The
captain of the Crittenden had a narrow escape from going astray
in the blinding snow storm while out in a dory in search of the missing men.
20th - Alexander Johnson, a
native of Nova Scotia, about 29, was knocked overboard from coasting sch. J.
S. Lamprey on Nantucket Shoals, and drowned.
Sch. William
W. Rice lost late March, early April, on Iceland trip with crew of
sixteen men.
April
Joseph Gilbert, of Tignish,
N. S., a young man of estimable character, was washed overboard from sch. Hustler
on Grand Bank.
8th - Nelson Houghton, a
single man about 26, a native of Chester, N. S. was drowned by the capsizing of a dory on
the Banks. His dorymate, John Parker, was rescued in an exhausted
condition.
May
5th - Sch. Osipee
struck on the South-East Breaker at Isaac's Harbor, N. S. , crew saved
6th - Body of Capt. Edward
Stapleton found in a dock at Boston
14th - Sch. Norseman
wrecked at All Right Island, Madgalen Islands, crew saved.
15th - Sch. Hattie
S. Clark capsized is a squall off Fryingpan Shoals. She had been employed
through the winter in fishing from Key West, Florida, but took a cargo of fruit to New
York, and was returning for another cargo, having shipped a crew in New York. The cook, Charles
Polaski, was picked up in a boat May 16, and Charles Parsons, one
of the crew, was picked up on the day of the accident. The others were never heard from.
She was commanded by Capt. Sargent Lane of Lanesville, a native of Folly
cove, about 49 years of age and unmarried.
19th - Sch. Belle
A. Nauss was wrecked near Wellfleet, crew saved.
24th - Capt. John
Gourville and Raymond White of sch. J. H. Carey capsized
and drowned off Scatterie.
Capt. John Gourville and Raymond White of sch. J.
H. Carey, were drowned by the upsetting of a dory about twenty miles off
Scatterie. Capt. Gourville was a native of France, about 53 years of age,
and left a widow and four children in this city. White was a native of
Arichat, C. B., about 30 years of age, and unmarried.
25th - Steam launch capsized
in Ipswich Bay and two men drowned. Thomas Rose (also listed as Reese), a
native of Newfoundland, 55, and Otto Johnson, 55, of Sweden, both of sch.
Senator Sanisbury lost at Iceland
June
28th - Martin Foley, 24, a
native of Gloucester, and Frank Bovel, of Marseilles, France, 24, of sch..
A. R. Whyland lost in the fog on Grand Bank
July
7th - Ernest Bunnell of sch.
.William E. McDonald capsized in dory and drowned at Flemish Cap
18th - Angus McDonald, a
native of Bull Creek, P. E. I., knocked overboard from sch. David Sherman and
drowned
19th - Peter LeSueur capsized
and drowned in the harbor
27th - Alex. Cameron, of Port
Hood, and Dan'l McMasters, a native of Port Hastings, of sch. S.
R. Crane drowned on Grand Bank by the capsizing of their dory.
31st - Sch. Oliver
Ann wrecked at Burin, N.F.
August
7th - Charles Olsen and
Benj. Hillensen of sch. Polar Wave drowned on the
Banks. Sch. Marion wrecked at Esprit Island, C. B.
10th - William Pearce, 32, a
native of Providence, R. I., was washed from the flying-jibboom of sch. Howard
Holbrook, fell overboard and drowned
30th - William P. Seymour of
Holyoke and Hayward Hall of Cambridge drowned at Annisquam
September
William Jackson and Thomas
Galvin were lost in the fog from sch. Cecil H. Low on
Grand Banks.
1st - Severe gale on Grand
Bank, sch. Lizzie Griffin lost, others disabled
18th - John Sonier, a native
of St. Mary's Bay, N. S., about 21 years, died on board sch. Lottie S. Morton
immediately after her arrival from Georges.
October
7th - Andrew Daley, about 57
years of age, and a native of Camden, Me., one of the crew of sch. Alice
died suddenly on Georges of heart disease. His body was brought in. He had a daughter
residing at Lanesville.
9th - John Nowlan, a native
of Ingonish, C. B. and Peter Paul, of Italy, lost overboard from sch.
Vesta on Grand Bank.
15th - David Bly, 21, a
native of Barrington, N. S. , where he had a wife and child, was washed from the bowsprit
of sch. Emma M. Dyer and drowned.
19th - Alfred Pettipore, 26,
and Stephen Landry, 37, natives of Arichat, C. B., washed overboard from
sch. Essex on passage from La Have Bank
November
William McCarthy, a native of
Halifax, N. S., about 27 years, was lost overboard from a Gloucester vessel in a gale.
10th - John Colby about 44,
knocked overboard by the mainboom of sch. Annie W. Hodgdon off
Thacher's Island. Thomas L. Wadsworth, a native of Meriden, Conn., William
Hastings, a native of Scotland, and John Whalen, a native of
Bangor, Me., were drowned by the capsizing of their boat while torching herring in Ipswich
Bay. Wadsworth left a widow and five small children, and Hastings also had a wife and five
children; Whalen was unmarried. The bodies of Wadsworth and Whalen were recovered Nov. 12,
and that of Hastings, June 21, 1891.
11th - Thomas L. Wadsworth, William
Hastings and John Whalen capsized and drowned in Ipswich Bay
15th - David Bly lost
overboard from sch. Emma M. Dyer
17th - Daniel and
Cyril Doucette, brothers, of sch. Mary J. Wells capsized
in dory and drowned.
Alexander Neson, abt. 26, a native of Sweden and unmarried, fell form the
rigging of sch. Lizzie M. Stanwood and died of his injuries
after reaching port.
18th - Alonso Callahan, a
native of Guysboro, N. S., one of the crew of sch. Gertie Evelyn
was drowned on the banks by the capsizing of his dory, his two dorymates being rescued. Daniel
and Cyril Doucette, brothers, were lost in the fog in a dory
from sch. Mary J. Wells on the Banks. The first named left a
widow and two children at East Gloucester, and the other unmarried. They belonged at St.
Mary's Bay, N. S.
27th - Edward McMaster, one
of the crew of sch. Lizzie Griffin, a native of Port Hawkesbury,
N. S. , about 53 years, was drowned by the capsizing of his dory on the banks. He left a
widow in this city.
December
Sch. William
D. Daisley lost with all aboard.
1st - Heavy gale on the Nova
Scotia coast; sch. Alice wrecked at Lingan Head, C. B; crew had
a narrow escape. The sea made a complete breach over the wrecked schooner, which drifted
close in under a cliff from forty to fifty feet high, and the crew of twelve men were
rescued b means of a bowline, communication having been established with the shore by
first throwing ashore a monkey wrench attached to a cod line. Edwin Burt, one
of the crew, was washed overboard twice and had his head split open and his leg badly
hurt. The crew lost all their effects.
10th - George Buffett, a
native of Fortune Bay, N. F. washed overboard from sch. Fred P. Frye and
drowned
11th - Sch. Plymouth
Rock wrecked at Blanche Point, Cape Negro. The crew were rescued with
considerable difficulty by puling a dory back and forth between the wreck and the shore,
having succeeded in getting a line ashore, and were taken off the island with brave
gallantry by a lifeboat crew from the mainland. Sch. Admiral wrecked
on Byron Island, Magdalenes; crew had a narrow escape
15th - Sch. Grace
C. Young commanded by Capt. Kenney McPherson, was dismasted
on Banquereau and abandoned in a sinking condition three days later. The crew of sixteen
men suffered great hardships, and were about to leave the water-logged vessel in their
dories when they were fortunately seen and taken off by the German steamer Elbrug
and landed in New York.
16th - Sch. Admiral,
commanded by Capt. William Harding, was wrecked at Bryon
Island, one of the Magdalens, with a cargo of bloater herring. Crew saved, with
considerable difficulty, and obliged to remain upon the islands about three weeks, when
they were taken off by a steamer sent to their assistance.
17th - Sch. Grace
C. Young abandoned on Banquereau, dismasted and water-logged; crew taken off
19th - David Ernest, 23, a
native of Chester, N. S. was washed overboard from sch. Sea Fox on
the Cape Shore, and drowned.
25th - John Brown and John
M. Frederickson a Norwegian, were capsized in a dory from sch. Nellie
G. Thurston on the Banks, and were drowned.
26th - Three-masted coasting
sch. A. H. Hurlburt , commanded by Capt. Thurston, wrecked
on Black Point, about three miles south of Narragansett Pier. Capt. Thurston, a
native of Boothbay, Me., 25, married, Frank Hammond, steward, of Bristol,
Me., married and two sons, and Frank Lawrence, of Portland, Oregon, were
drowned. The mate jumped overboard and was hauled out of the breakers and the remainder of
the crew were rescued by the life-saving crew. |
