January 17, 1938
Man On Trawler Drowned At Sea
Jack Carroll, One of Flow's
Crew Lost Balance When Sea Hit Craft
and Is Swept To His Doom
Losing his balance when a heavy sea struck the
boat, Jack Carroll, 42 years, unmarried, of East Boston, was thrown
overboard and drowned on Georges bank last Thursday morning. Carroll
was a member of the crew of the Boston beam trawler Flow, Capt. Grema
Eaggersen, who reported the loss this forenoon when the vessel arrived at Boston
Fish pier, her American flag at half-mast. The craft is one of the Bay State
Trawling company fleet.
Carroll with others was
hauling in the drag nets, the skipper said, when a sea hit the craft, causing Carroll
to stumble and pitch forward over the side and into the ocean. Shipmates threw him
lines but he was unable to grasp them and heavily weighted by oilskins and boots, sank
beneath the surface and was not seen afterward. The casualty occurred about 8
o'clock in the forenoon. |
