26 fishermen's memorial and record book. 



William L. Elmore was lost ou Georges, in March, from schooner 

 Rival. 



Alfred Adams, lost overboard in March, from schooner Lucille 

 Curtis, on Georges. 



James Clarey was lost from schooner General Butler, in the Gut 

 of Canso. 



Joseph Shankling, lost in the Bay from schooner Lodi, in No- 

 vember. 



DuNCAX McMuLLEN and William Frexcii, left schooner Cynisca 

 on the Banks, October 12th, to examine their trawls, and were never 

 seen again. 



1862. 



LOST IN THE FEBRUARY GALE. 



On Monday evening, February 24th, a terrible gale from the north- 

 west suddenly burst upon the fishing fleet on Georges, where there 

 were about seventy sail at anchor vejy near to each ottier. Not hav- 

 ing sufficient warning of the blow, they were unable to heave up, arid 

 the fact of there being thirteen vessels lost with their entire wews, 

 and two abandoned, and their crews rescued by inward-bound ves- 

 sels, will give some idea of the fearful collisions which occurred, and 

 the terrible violence of the storm. The anxiety of those having 

 friends thus exposed was terrible to witness, and, as each vessel round- 

 ed Eastern Point, there was the most intense desire to learn her 

 name, and to ascertain if those on board had seen anything of other 

 vessels since the blow. Nearly every vessel met with more or less 

 disaster, losing cable and anchors, booms, masts, or were so badly 

 stove up as hardly to be able to get back to port. One by one they 

 came along until the number narrowed down to thirteen, who with 

 their crews had left port for their last fishing trip. 



Two of the vessels were abandoned, the crews having narrow es- 

 capes. There was general sorrow throughout the community. Many 

 of the best skippers of the town were lost in this gale, as several of 

 them were on board some of the vessels lost, having taken this trip 

 as their own vessels were not quite ready to start. There were lost 

 in this gale one hundred and tiventy men and fifteen vessels, leaving 

 seventy widows and one Jiundred and forty fatherless children. In ad- 

 dition to this terrible disaster, there were lost, previous to this gale, 

 thirty-eight men and four vessels. One each in the Georges, Bank, 

 Newfoundland and shore winter fisheries, making an aggregate of 

 nineteen vessels in all, and one hxmdred and sixty-two men. 



The losses in the February gale were as follows : 



Schooner ENTERPRISE, nine men, viz. : Henry Peterson, Master ; 



