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FISHERMEN'S OWN BOOK. 



%\\ '^SUFicmo riant, 



List of Lost Men and Vessels of the Port 



of Gloucester, from 1874 to 1881, 



Inclusive ; 



Also, a Table of Losses from 1830 to 1881, 



Inclusive, 



Covering a Period of Fifty-Two Years. 



The "Fishermen's Memorial and Record Book" contains a detailed re- 

 port of the losses of vessels and mariners belonging to this port from 1S30 

 to 1873 inclusive. In addition to the losses of 1863, published therein, 

 there was one vessel which was not recorded, the sch. SUCCESS, Capt. 

 William H. Parsons, lost in the mackerel fishery on the Nova Scotia shore. 

 She was owned by Mr. David G. Allen, 47 tons, and valued at $2,500; in- 

 sured for $1,200 in the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Co. Crew 

 saved. 



Herewith we present a list of the losses since 1873, completing the record 

 for fifty-two years past. In that time 419 Gloucester vessels, of the value 

 of $1,810,710, and insured for $1,355,418, have been lost, and 2,249 Glouc- 

 ester mariners have perished at sea, making the average annual loss 8 ves- 

 sels and 43 lives. 



1874. 



Total loss, 10 vessels and 68 lives. Lost tonnage, 633.17. Value, $49,- 

 100. Insurance, $44,975. Eighteen of the lost seamen left widows, and 

 children to the number of 37. 2 vessels were lost in the Newfoundland 

 fishery, 4 in the Grand Bank fishery, i on Western Bank, i in the Shore 

 Winter fishery, i in the Bay St. Lawrence, and i in the Menhaden fishery. 

 Only 2 lives were lost in the Georges fishery this year. 



Sch. LAURA A. DODD, 94.36 tons, owned by Leighton & Co., lost on 



