26o FISHERMEN'S OWN BOOK. 



Loss of Life and Vessel Property from January 1 to 



April 1, 1882. 



Since our report was made up at the beginning of the year and put in type 

 for this volume, there have been lost from this port 102 lives, and 9 vessels 

 valued with their outfits and one cargo of herring at $52,000, as follows : 



Sch. WATER SPIRIT, 60.28 tons, owned by George Garland, engaged 

 in the Winter shore fishery, went ashore on Rye Beach during a thick snow 

 storm, on the night of Jan. 31, and proved a total loss. Crew saved. Val- 

 ue, $3,000 ; insured for $2,200, with $400 additional on outfits. 



Sch. BUNKER HILL, 100.77 tons, owned by Michael Walen & Son and 

 Capt. John McDonald, on the passage home from Fortune Bay, N. F., Jan. 

 25, with frozen herring, went ashore during a heavy snow storm, on Bemo 

 Ledge, Eastern Point, and became a total wreck. Value, with outfits, $7,500 ; 

 insurance, $5,017, and $1,000 on outfits. The cargo was valued at $4,000, 

 and uninsured. 



Sch. EDITH M. PEW, 62.75 tons, owned by John Pew & Son, engaged 

 in the Georges haddocking fishery, left port Jan. 18. Was reported in a 

 Nova Scotian port, and last seen on Georges by sch. Noonday, Capt. Edward 

 Trevoy, Feb. 3, two days before the gale in which it is supposed she was 

 lost. Crew list — William Corliss, master; Martin Moran, Samuel Byers, 

 Murdock White, Andrew Conley, Michael Norton, Charles Lawson, Keaton 

 Roderick, John Taylor, John LeeVanance, Martin Lewis, Bartholomew 

 Ryan, William Davis, Hugh Phalen. Value, $5,500 ; insurance, $3,000, in 

 the Gloucester Fire Insurance office. 



Sch. PAUL REVERE, 64.90 tons, owned by Capt. Andrew Leighton, 

 another of the Georges haddocking fleet, sailed Jan. 24, and was last seen 

 by Capt. John Ryan of sch, David A. Story on Georges, Feb. 4, the day 

 before the heavy gale, in which it is supposed she was lost. By many 

 it is thought that this vessel and the Edith M. Pew collided during the 

 storm and went down together. Crew list — John Bentley, master ; Martin 

 Thomas, Henry Lufkin, Fred Scott, Patrick Durant, Patrick Kennedy, 

 Martin Costello (father-in-law to Capt. Bentley), James Fitzgerald, Martin 

 Conley, John Francis, Joseph Simmons, Patrick Nye, Michael Naughton, 

 Michael King. Value, $5,000; insurance, $4,034, and $1,100 on outfits, in 

 the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance office. 



Sch. BESSIE W. SOMES, 92.56 tons, owned by George Clark & Co., 

 sailed for Grand Bank Jan. 2, and was last seen Feb. 2 by a returned Bank- 

 er, when she was ready to come home with her trip. She was i^robably lost 



