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was less than in 1873. In 1879, 249 Gloucester fishermen sailed from port 

 never to return. The number of vessels lost was 29. Of these, 15 were 

 lost in the terrible gale of Feb. 20 and 21, 13 on Georges and 2 on the 

 Banks, leaving 57 widows and 140 fatherless children to bewail their loss. 

 This terrible calamity appealed forcibly to the sympathies of the benevolent, 

 and contributions for the relief of the destitute were received from all parts 

 of the land to the amount of $28,216.72. 4 vessels and 37 lives were lost 

 in an October gale. 



The loss of tonnage in 1879 ^^^ 1,893.36. Value, $111,056. Insurance, 

 $90,582. Besides the losses in the February gale, during the year 5 vessels 

 were lost in the Bank fishery, 3 in the mackerel fishery, 2 on freighting voy- 

 ages, and I each squiding, shore fishing, baiting, and on La Have Bank. 



The losses in the February gale were as follows : 



ON THE BANKS. 



Sch. EDWIN C. DOLLIVER, 87.07 tons, owned by Walen & Allen, 

 abandoned Feb. 26. Crew taken ojff. Value, $7,000 ; insurance, $5,800. 



Sch. GWENDOLEN, 82.41 tons, owned by Cunningham & Thompson. 

 Value, $7,154; insurance, $6,010. Crew list — Zadock Hawkins, master; 

 Lyman H. Morey, steward ; Edward Landry, Richard Hurley, Alex. Mc- 

 Kenzie, John McKay, Michael Donahoe, William Nelson, Augustus Crow- 

 ell, John McGuire, James Calwell, Daniel McDonald, William Chute, Wil- 

 liam C. Wilson. 



ON GEORGES. 



Sch. ANNIE HOOPER, 69.27 tons, owned by B. Maddocks & Co. 

 Value, $3,485 ; insurance, $3,112. Crew list — Patrick Foley, master; Sam- 

 uel Shano, steward ; Joseph Smith, David Hogan, Manuel Smith, Stephen 

 Halley, Jackson Clark, Fitz E. Oakes, Michael Hart, William Fisher alias 

 Anderson, Peter Peterson. 



Sch. ANNIE LINWOOD, 59.09 tons, owned by Rowe & Jordan. Value, 

 $3,725; insurance, $3,322. Crew list — Thomas Council, master; Patrick 

 O'Brien, Frederic J. Knowles, Daniel D. Morrison, John Silva, Frank Fer- 

 ris, John Smith, John Lawrence, Angus McDonald, August Mitchell and 

 one man whose name is unknown. 



Sch. GEORGE B. LORING, 58.50 tons, owned by George Norwood & 

 Son. Value, $2,119 ; insurance, $1,917. Crew list — George W. Lane, mas- 

 ter ; Joseph M. Lane, brother to master; Reuben H. Ellis, Morris Riley, 

 Ambrose Thebedo, James M. Boynton, George Whitman, James White, 

 George Yates, Edward P. Townsend. 



Sch. JACOB BACON, 66.44 to"s, owned by Cunningham & Thompson. 

 Value, $5,186; insurance, $4,600. Crew list — Christian Anderson, master; 

 Richard Carroll, James Powers, Charles Fox alias Johnson, Patrick SuUi- 



