January
Sch. Northern Eagle lost eight
men in the Gulf of Mexico; Barney Conrad, 30,of Port
Medway, N.S.; Thomas Cronin, 42, of Ireland; Conrad Hibbert, 43,
of Port Medway; Roger Lord, 50, of Maine; Stanley Ryan, 35,
Nova Scotia; Norman Sponagle, 43, of Dublin, N. S.; Arthur Smith,
42, of England; and Edgar Teal, 30, of Port Medway
16th - William R. Ballen, 20,
of Conception Bay, lost from sch. Elmer E. Gray off Liscomb, N.
S.
19th - William McLarren, 35,
of Argyle, N. S., and Jerome Steele, of Rock Barra, P. E. I., lost from
sch. Preceptor off Green Bank
20th - George Crowell, 36, of
Clark's Harbor, lost from sch. Mary E. Webb, off Thatcher's. Lawrence
Merchant, 21, of Arichat, lost from sch. Fannie Keen off
Cape Elizabeth, Me
23rd - Alfred Green, 40,
of Arichat, lost from sch. Yatima off Brown's Bank
February
1st - Russell Grouse, 35 ,
and Stephen Burns, 30, both of Liverpool, N. S. lost off Cape Shore from
sch. Speculator
4th - Ambrose Connors, 60, of
Nova Scotia, lost from sch. Arthur D. Story off Georges Bank. Robert
Leonard, 35, of East Boston, Ma, ; and John Stoping, 38, of
Heligoland, Germany lost from sch. Theodore Roosevelt off
Georges Bank
7th - Sch. Mary
T. Fallon off Middle Bank, loses Benjamin Raymond, 30, of
Nova Scotia
27th - Sven Larson, 58, of
Sweden; Paul Williams 55, of Germany, and Sylvine Landry, 23,
of Tusket Wedge, N. S. are all lost off Quero from sch. Waldo L. Stream
March
7th - Sch. Kineo,
off Georges Bank, loses Augustus Swinson, 58, of Sweden
8th - ________ Tibbard, 30,
of Nova Scotia, lost from sch. Smuggler off Quero
15th - Lawrence Kelley, 39,
of N. F., lost from sch. Mystery off Georges
18th - Pictou native John
Bailey, 43, is lost off Georges from sch. Cecil H. Low
23rd - Michael Lynch, 33, a
native of Newfoundland, is lost from sch. Cynthia off Boon
Island
30th - Sch. Lydia
loses Wilson Spinney, of Argyle, N. S., off Useless Bay
April
17th - Patrick Cocoran, 35,
and Michael White, 30, both of Newfoundland, are lost from sch. Massachusetts
off St. Peter's Bank
19th - Sch. Niagra,
off Quero, lost Charles Peterson, 43, of Denmark
May
5th - Fred Frazier, 45, of
Nova Scotia, lost from sch. Mabel D. Hines off North Sydney
19th - Thomas Whifen, 27, of
N. F. lost from sch. Slade Gorton off Newport, R. I.
27th - Sch.
Fame is run down off Cashes by Steamer Boston, eighteen
of the crew are lost. Sch. Monitor lost Jacob Jennings
(or Jenson) of Harbor Breton, N. F. off Bacalieu.
August
1st - Vincent Dillon, 27, of
Witless Bay, N. F. lost off Cape Shore from sch. Senator
8th - Sch. Maggie and May run down off Le Harve Bank
by German schoolship Freya. Eight men lost. Coleman
Townsend, of Lockport, lost off Louisburg from sch. Maxine Elliot
31st - Sopus Olson (23) and
John Nelson (45) , of Norway lost from sch. Essex off
Bacalieu. Sch. Catherine Burke lost Eugene Burke of
Tusket Wedge off the South Channel
September
2nd - Edward Fitzpatrick, 30, of Placentia
Bay, lost in South Channel from sch. Conqueror. Frederick Blatchford, 45,
of Gloucester, lost from sch. Constellation off Pensacola, Fl
November
8th - Henry F. Greel, of
Waldboro, Me, lost from sch. Nautilus off Pensacola, Fl
12th - Sch. Susan
and Mary off the West Bank, lost Ephraim Nickerson, 22 of
Pubnico, N. S.
December
5th - Frank Burke, 26, of P.
E. I.., and William DeCoste, 52, of Arichat, lost off West Bank from sch.
Atlanta
12th - Edward Harding, Bay of
Islands, N.F., Samuel Way, Newfoundland, and Fred Humphrey,
Bay of Islands, N. F., three fishermen shipped on board sch. Dauntless
at Bay of Islands for a salt herring trip, and left the schooner in their boat, and were
never heard from, their boat having probably foundered, a portion of the rudder being
picked up.
26th - Charles L. O'Brien drowned
at Pensacola, Fla., in attempting to board his vessel. He was a member of Star of the Sea
lodge, Fishermen's Benevolent Association.
28th - Sch. Vera,
off Canso, lost Joseph Marr, 28, and Frank Bansfield, 30,
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