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ter; IMurdoch McLane, Mate; Sylvester LeBarron, Samuel Miller, 

 Charles II. Rowo. Owned by the master an;l others. Valued at 

 $4,500 ; insured for $4,000. 



Schooner SUSAN, in the coasting trade, lost December 1st, near 

 Old House Cove, in tins harbor. Crew saved. Owned by Moses 

 Tarr. Valued at $2,500 ; insured for $2,000. 



1855. 



Seven vessels and twenty-one lives were lost this year, viz. : Two 

 vessels and sixteen lives on Georges ; two vessels and five lives in 

 the coasting trade ; one schooner in Bay mackerel fishing, and two 

 in the shore fishery, as follows : 



Schooner REPORTER, lost on Georges, in March. She had a 

 crew of eight men, viz. : John Bearse, Master ; Samuel Bearse, Ed- 

 ward Stuart, Josepli Sexton, James Rich, Nicholas Gifford, Charles 

 Wooden, Michael Clary. Owned by Joseph O. Procter, and others. 

 Valued at $4,500 ; insured for $3,500. 



Schooner ABNER L. COLBY, lost on Georges, in March, eight 

 men : James Brown, Master ; John J. Ilutt, Was. McCaleb, John 

 Pyne, James Sullivan, James Marr, James Flarhet}', John Powers. 

 Owned by Addison Merchant & Co. Valued at $4,000 ; insured for 

 $3,500. 



Schooner BESSIE NEAL, in the trading business, lost on the pas- 

 sage from Prince Edward's Island to this port. Had a crew of five 

 men, viz. : Joseph Ilerrick, Jr., Master; John McDonald, Mate; 

 Duncan Hay, Isaac Hyde, James Roderick. Owned by C. E. & E. 

 Grover, and others. Valued at $5,000 ; insured for $3,000. 



Schooner IMARY JONES, Friend, Master ; mackereling, lost on 

 Prince Edward's Island, in September. Crew saved. Owned by 

 George Friend, Jr., and others. Valued at $2,500 ; insured for 

 $2,200. 



Schooner SOMERVILLE, George Adams, Master; bound for 

 Wilmington, N. C, sunk July 18th. Cr^w saved. Owned by Da- 

 vid Babson, and others, and insured. 



Schooner PHILANTHROPIST, Tristram Griffin, Master; lost 

 at mouth of Annisquam Harbor, December 24th. Crew saved. 

 Owned by master. Valued at $1,500 ; insured for $1,200. 



Schooner VAN, lost on Folly Island, Me. Crew saved. Owned 

 by Daniel Robinson. Valued at $1,400 ; insured for $1,200. 



1856. 

 Five schooners were lost in the Bay of St. Lawrence, this year, 

 and one vessel and two lives off this shore, as follows : 



