January
1st - Morris Cummings, 40, of
N. F. , washed overboard at Whitehead from sch. Smuggler.
24th - Olaf Abrahamson, 45,
native of Norway, and Martin Nelson, 48, native of Sweden, two of the
crew of sch. Paragon, were drowned on Quero bank, by their dory
being capsized or swamped. Abrahamson left a widow and seven children, and Nelson a widow
and one daughter.
30th - Edward Severson, also
known as Hanson, 45, native of Sweden, single, and Charles
Edwards, also known as Peterson, 45, old, native of Norway,
single, two of the crew of sch. Florence E. Stream, drowned on
Quero bank by the swamping of their dory..
February
6th - John Ribiero, 22, of
Lisbon, Portland, single, one of the crew of sch. Thalia,
drowned on Jeffries bank, by swamping of his dory.
March
2nd - Charles Sutherland, 43,
of Stockholm, Sweden, one of the crew of sch. Juno washed
overboard form the vessel, on Quero bank and drowned, left a widow and one child.
7th - John O'Brien, 34, of
Nova Scotia, lost from sch. John M. Keene, off Pensacola while
boarding his vessel at night.
April
27th - Sch. Niagara
engaged in fresh halibut fishery, struck on the Southeast Breaker in entering the harbor
of Canso, N. S. in a fog and was a total loss, going to pieces before the following day.
The crew rowed ashore in their boat.
May
9th - Charles Walters, 42,
native of Lunenburg, N. S., one of the crew of sch. John R. Bradley,
died on Quero bank, left widow and two children.
June
1st - Richard Walsh, 35, of
N. F. and Thomas Babine, 28, of N. F. lost off Quero, from sch. Rob
Roy. Walsh left a widow and family and Babine was single.
4th - Edward Beck, 25, of N.
F. lost from sch. Agnes off Portland, Me
29th - Edward McNamara, 29,
of Gloucester, one of the crew of sch. M. Madeline, fell
overboard on a shacking trip and drowned, left widow and two children at Rockport.
July
8th - Thomas Foley, 30, of
Placentia, and Jeremiah Sutton, 30, of Hermitage Bay, N. F., two of the
crew of sch. Arethusa drowned on Grand bank by the swamping of
their dory.
16th - Joseph Manuel Carlz, 55,
of the Azore islands, master of sch. Mattie Winship, died in the
Victoria hospital, Halifax, left widow and one son.
21st - Leon DesGeorge, 37, of
Paris France, died of heart disease off West Bank from sch. Paragon
August
2nd - Antone Souza, 28, of
the Azores, of sch. Mary DeCosta went astray on Jefferies while
tending his trawls and never heard from.
September
9th - Sch. Pet, off
Provincetown lost Willis Parsons, 24, of Conception Bay, having walked
off the wharf in the darkness in going aboard his vessel.
Charles Sears, 22, of Woods Harbor, N. S. one of the crew of sch. Good
Luck found dead in his berth soon after leaving Boston on a haddocking trip.
October
9th - Andrew Olsen, 44, of
Norway, died at Liverpool, N. S. of apoplexy, from sch. Grayling
11th - Manuel F. Rose, 40, of
the Western islands, lost off Georges from sch. Bebina P. Domingoes
by the upsetting of his dory. Left widow and children.
29th - Sch. Theodore
Roosevelt, off Pubnico, lost Morris Muise, 18, of Surettes
Island, Nova Scotia, who fell overboard from the vessel at Pubnico, N. S.
November
10th - John Muise, 23, of
Surettes Island, Nova Scotia, lost off West Bank from sch. Effie M. Prior
while baiting trawls.
December
5th - William Dailey, 44, of
Maine, one of the crew of sch. Thalia, thrown overboard by the
slatting of the sail on Middle bank.
Capt. Thomas Bohlin, 55, of Norway, master of sch. Constellation,
died at Birchy Cove, N. S., of kidney trouble while on a voyage for frozen
herring, left widow and two children.
15th - Alexander Scott, 45,
lost off Jefferies from sch. Evelyn L. Thompson
30th - Charles Swanson, 50,
single, native of Sweden, was washed overboard form sch. Mooween
and drowned before assistance could reach him.
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