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Then came two or three graves marked only by numbers on 

 small pieces of board, and then a high cross made of boards and 

 painted white. There was an inscription on it which I copied : — 



Daniel O'Connell, 



Died of consumption, December 24th, 1876. 



Bark A. Houghton. 



Next was a row of fourteen graves, numbered from one to 



fourteen on small pieces of wood. About midway of the row was 



a monument considerably higher than the others, on which were 



inscribed the names of the dead in the fourteen graves. On one 



side I read : — 



Bark A. G. Crew: 



Antoine, L. DeValle, 



E. Bender, C. Stiles, 

 0. Sinser, M. Enos, 

 M. McConnell, F. Battisto, 

 M. Louis, C. Hadle. 



On the other side were : — 



Bark O. J. Crew: 

 J. Marshall, J. Garriety, 



F. Coleman, J. Graham. 



A little further on a grave was marked by a monument with 

 this inscription: — 



Harry B. Martin, 

 Died January 28th, 1873; age, 38 years 9 months. Second mate of schooner 



Abbie Bradford. 



Next to this was a high monument. The inscription it bore 

 explained its meaning : — 



Erected to the memory 



of the 



Larboard boat's crew of the Abbie Bradford, lost in the Welcome, 



September 5th, 1874 



W. F. Bobenson, mate, C. Wade, 



W. F. Burnham, boat-steerer, F. Dale, 



J. Randall, H. K. Seeman. 



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