November 30, 1925
Believe Local Man Perished
Sch. Pilgrim Puts in at
Portland to Report Loss of Alphonse Pitman
Lost Last Friday
Alphonso Pitman, 25, of this
port, was lost at sea Friday, according to the report brought to Portland by the fishing
schooner Pilgrim of this port, on which he was a member of the
crew.
Pitman was hauling trawls on
Cashes Banks when last seen, and had been warned twice to abandon his work, and return to
the craft, according to the skipper. The man refused, wishing to save his fish and
dusk settled before he could be rescued. a heavy sea came up, and it is feared that
his dory capsized. Search was useless Friday night, but Saturday morning the
schooner sailed over the banks in vain. Pitman was a native of this
city, and was single. |
