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Home from a Fishing Voyage via England. — Charles Beranson and 

 William Dousey, two of the crew of fishing sch. Notice of this port, left their 

 vessel on Grand Bank, Aug. 23, i88i,for the purpose of visiting their trawls, 

 and becoming involved in the fog failed to find their way back. They were 

 without provisions, but the second day adrift came across a trawl from 

 which they took two halibut to appease their hunger. After drifting about 

 for three days and four nights they were picked up by the Norwegian bark 

 Tancred, bound from the West Indies for Liverpool, Eng., and in due time 

 were landed at the latter port, where they were taken in charge by the 

 American consul, who supplied them with clothing and other necessaries 

 and secured them passage to Boston on a schooner, and they arrived home 

 about the middle of October. 



A Hard Time of It. — All Night in a Dory with the Oars Gone. — Friday 

 morning, Jan, 27, 1882, sch. Etnma S. Osier of this port was about four 

 miles southwest of the Isles of Shoals. Soon after it came up squally, and 

 she picked up her dories, all but one, which was manned by John W. Gas- 

 kell, about a mile and a half to the leeward. It was easy for him to see the 

 vessel, but not so for those on board to see him, as he pitched up and down 

 on the heavy seas, Capt, Osier did everything in his power to find the 

 missing man, but all efforts to get the buoy marks in the heavy squall were 

 unavailing, Gaskell concluding that his best chance for getting on board 

 was to row, let go the lee buoy, on to which he was holding, and started. 

 When he had got about half way to the schooner she kept off, and he made 

 up his mind that there was a hard pull for him ere he could reach the land 

 or be picked up by some vessel. About eleven o'clock a heavy sea struck 

 the dory, breaking the forward thwart, nearly filling her. The oars were 

 washed overboard, and there he was in a heavy sea with no oars with 

 which to help himself. He at once made a drogue of his nets, adding a 

 dozen bricks, and lay quite comfortable to it until three P, M,, when it mod- 

 erated, and he commenced paddling with the damaged thwart, making very 

 good progress and keeping himself comfortably warm with the exercise, al- 

 though it was hard work. At 7 P. M., being entirely exhausted, he came 

 to anchor abreast Halibut Point. Here he passed the night, which was 

 cold and uncomfortable, and the hours seemed long and dreary. At sun- 

 rise, Saturday morning, he was glad to see the fishing boat Pinafore come 

 out of Rockport harbor, and paddling toward her was cordially received, 

 and after partaking of a good breakfast he proceeded with them to the fishing 

 grounds, arriving back in season to take the afternoon train home. Gas- 

 kell's hands were badly blistered and his fingers frozen, but he soon recov- 

 ered from the effects of the exposure. His arrival home caused great 

 rejoicing, as it was feared that he was drowned. 



