November 23, 1915
Strayed in Fog From Halibuter
Sch. Oriole Comes In With
Flag Half Mast
Searched in Vain on Quero for William Waters and Dennis Hubbard
With her flag at half mast for the probable
loss of two of her crew, William Waters and Dennis Hubbard,
sch. Oriole, Capt. Daniel McDonald, came into
port yesterday afternoon. The men in their dory strayed from their vessel in a thick
fog November 9, and although search was made, the men were not found.
Nearby at the time were sch. Waldo
L. Stream and sch. Paragon. The former
vessel arrived here this morning, but Capt. Stream reports that he saw
nothing of the men. Capt. McDonald stated yesterday that there were
five dories close together working on a little spot of fish. On hearing the horn,
four of them returned safely, but the other containing the missing men was never seen
again.
Waters was 50 years of age,
and was a native of Harbor Breton, N. F. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Rose of this city, and three sons, Amos, Theodore and
Harry, also of this city. The family moved here from Lunenburg, N. S.,
about nine years ago.
Hubbard was a younger man,
about 30, a native of Yarmouth, N. S. It is thought he had been fishing from this
port but a short time, as he is but little known about the waterfront.
Capt. McDonald feels the loss
of the men very keenly, although he is hopeful that they have been picked up. It was
not very rough weather at the time, and the next two days were clear and calm. After
the fog, a fisherman was seen passing the eastward, and the crew of the Oriole
hailed her, but those on the former evidently did not see the signal, and the craft kept
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