April 28, 1936
Lost From Local Vessel Sunday
Benjamin Goddard, 54 years of
Gloucester, was lost from his vessel, the local sch. Laura Goulart,
Capt. John J. Goulart, Sunday, according to a telegram from Capt. Goulart
received here late yesterday afternoon from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, into which port the
vessel had sailed, her flag at half-mast, to report her loss.
Goddard, who had bee a member
of the Laura Goulart's crew for over seven years, was a native
of White's Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia, and had been fishing all his life, coming to
this port about 30 years ago to join the dory haddockers. He was considered one of
the best of dory fishermen, a class which is fast becoming extinct in American
fisheries. He is survived by a daughter who resided in Boston, and a brother, Able
Goddard of Digby county.
The telegram failed to state in what manner Goddard
was lost from the vessel, whether it was in a dory or from the deck but it is believed
that it was by the latter method.
The Laura Goulart
was reported as having 40,000 pounds of market fish aboard, and is expected to sail for
Boston Fish pier shortly. |
