January
12th - Theodore LeBlanc, (alias
White) 45, single, of Pubnico, washed overboard from sch. Mattakeesett
of which his brother was master, off Highland light.
19th - Louis Valant, 21, of
Lisbon, Portugal, knocked overboard from sch. Ramona by the
slatting of the mainsail off Thatcher's Island.
26th - Jethro Messanger, 38,
one of the crew of sch. Pontiac drowned on Middle bank by the
capsizing of his dory in a squall. Left widow and one child in Malden.
February
2nd - Thomas Hines, 38,
native of Pubnico, N. S., one of the crew of sch. Joseph H. Cromwell
went astray form the vessel while hauling his trawls.
18th - Oscar Johnson, 21, of
Sweden, fell overboard from sch. Kineo off Eastern Point, as the
result of a misstep while reefing the mainsail.
19th - Capt. Willis
M. Daggett, master of sch. Catherine Burke, 28 of White
Point, near Liverpool, N. S., single, washed overboard from the schooner off Highland
light.
March
2nd - Michael McDonald, 24,
of Bay of Islands N. F., single, one of the crew of sch. Raymah drowned
off Georges by the capsizing of his dory, his dorymate, William Goslin,
being rescued in an exhausted condition.
13th - William F. Muise, 23,
of Tusket, N. S. one of the crew of sch. Conquerer drowned off
Georges by the capsizing of his dory after clinging to the bottom of the dory for two
hours. His dorymate, also named William Muise, was rescued.
19th - Joseph Shaw, 28, of
Argyle, single, one of the crew of sch. Athlete knocked
overboard form the vessel on Bacalieu bank.
April
8th - James McDonald, 40, of
Sand Point, N. S. ; John P. Anderson, 35, of Denmark, Owen
Dauphney, 30, of St. Margaret's Bay ; Thomas White, 38, of
Margaree, C. B., left widow and three children; Otto Youst, 30, native of
Denmark, left widow and two children, and Warren Hutchings, 38, of
Portland, Me., went astray from sch. Moorween off St. Peters
bank in a fog and were never heard form.
9th - Lewis Wagner, 58, of
Port Mouton, Me., fell overboard from sch. William H. Ryder on
Georges, left widow and four children.
29th - Daniel Muise, 26, of
Yarmouth, one of the crew of sch. Meteor drowned by falling
overboard in boarding his dory after visiting a French bark off
Quero bank.
June
24th - Walter Myers, 34, of
N. F.one of the crew of sch. Smuggler, fell overboard from the
vessel at St. Pierre, Miquelon, and drowned.
25th - Sch. Hattie
M. Graham went ashore at Bauline Cove, near Louisburg, C. B., and proved a
total loss; crew saved.
27th - Arthur Richard, 25,
native of LaHave, N. S., single, one of the crew of of sch. Maxine Elliot
drowned by the capsizing of his dory on Western Bank.
July
22nd - Capt. George
Currie, 47, of Argyle, single, a master mariner but shipped on sch. Romance
as a hand on a mackerel cruise, died suddenly of heart disease while steering the vessel
off New Jersey coast.
August
11th - Sch. Corona
lost two men, Alonzo Spinney, 35, of Argyle, and Edward Keefe, 22,
of Placentia Bay , off the West Bank. Sch. Orinoco is
lost off Sambo, N. S..
28th - Eugene Burke, 25,
native of Tusket Wedge, N. S., single. fell overboard from sch. Catherine
Burke in South Channel, while drawing a bucket of water.
September
Sch. Frances H. of
Pensacola Fla., on a red snapper trip, is lost in the Gulf of Mexico. On board were: Bert
Ryder, 50, of N. S., left a widow; Ezra Roberts, 40, of N. S.; Robert
O'Brien, 50, of N. F.; John F. Groves, 60, of Wiscasset, Maine;
and Thomas Forristall, 55, of N. S., left a widow.
October
12th - Arthur Everett, 40,
native of Port Gilbert, N. S., single, drowned at Rockport by falling overboard while
boarding the sch. boat Thistle.
November
12th - Andrew Fazen, or Fagin,
of St. Joseph, N. F. one of the crew of sch. Almeida
drowned off Cape Ann, and probably fell from his dory while reaching for his trawl buoy,
left widow and two children in Malden.
December
1st - Sch. Henry
M. Stanley went ashore at Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands, N. F., while on a
salt herring trip. Crew saved.
20th - Sch. Dora
A. Lawson went ashore at Canso, N. S., while on a deck handlining codfishing
trip. Crew saved.
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