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Owned by George Friend & Co. Valued at $3,000 ; insured for 

 $2,500. 



Schooner FLIRT sank at her anchors in the Bay of St. Lawrence, 

 during the terrible gale of October 3d. Had fourteen men on board. 

 Aaron Stubbs, Master ; Joseph Chandler, John Stubbs, Hugh Harn- 

 den, Edward Monsen, William Dauphney, George Fenley, Stephen 

 Nickerson, William Forbes, Dean W. Woodbury, James Smith, 

 John Shaw, and two others whose names are unknown. Owned by 

 the master and Samuel Wonson & Sons. Valued at $4,000 ; insured 

 for $3,500. 



Schooner PRINCETON, lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence, in Octo- 

 ber. Had ten men, viz. : Thomas Guard, Master ; Charles Wonson, 

 Jr., John Gerring, Jr., Peter Shean, William W." Shean, Solomon 

 Mehlman, Arnold Mason, Warren Pinkham, John Morrissey, Wm. 

 Duffey. Owned by Benjamin Parsons & Sons. Valued at $3,000 ; 

 insured for S2,G00. 



Schooner JUBILEE, run down in Bay of St. Lawrence, by schoon- 

 er Summit. Crew saved. Owned by Daniel B. Hodgkins. Valued 

 at $900 ; insured for $800. 



Schooner DANIEL P. KING, Harty, Master ; lost at Cape Breton, 

 October 12th. Crew saved. Owned by Moses Tarr. Valued at 

 $3,500 ; insured for $3,000. 



Schooner REDWING, lost at Chetticamp, October 12th. Crew 

 saved. Owned by James Mansfield & Sons. Valued at $1,400; in- 

 sured for $1,200. 



Schooner GARLAND, James Mclntire, Master ; lost at Malpec, 

 in October. Crew saved. Owned by the master and Messrs. Gar- 

 land & Cunningham, of Baltimore. Valued $4,000 ; insured for 

 $3,500. 



Schooner POWHATTEN, lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence, in 

 October. Crew saved. Owned at Annisquam. Valued at $1,500; 

 insured for $1,200. 



Schooner ELEANOR, lost at Malpec, in October. Crew saved. 

 Owned by Robert Fears and others. Valued at $4,000 ; insured for 

 $3,500. 



1852. 



This proved a still more disastrous year for the fishing business ; 

 thirteen vessels and thirty-two lives being lost. Five of these ves- 

 sels were lost on Georges, and eight in the Bay of St. Lawrence, as 

 follows : 



