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25th. Crow saved. Owned b}' Peter Hanson. Valued at 82,000 ; 

 insured for $1,500. 



Schooner GEORGE W. CLIFFORD, sunk off Harpswell, Me., 

 July 2d. Crew saved. Owned by Jeremiah R. Cook. Valued at 

 61,200 ; insured for Si, 000. 



Schooner TIVANO, lost on Green Island Ledge, off Portland, 

 July 17th. Crew saved. Owned by John F. "Wonson & Co. Valued 

 at $1,500 ; insured for $1,394. 



Schooner SIGNAL, run down and sunk off Matinicus, Aug. 30th. 

 Crew saved. Owned by George Brown & Co. Valued at $900 ; in- 

 sured for $813. 



• Schooner WILLIAM WALWORTH, lost on 'Squam Bar, October 

 23d. Crew saved. Owned by the master, Capt. Owen Jones, and 

 William Parsons, 2d & Co. Valued at $5,500 ; insured for $4,875. 



Schooner ADA L. HARRIS, lost on Nantucket Shoals, November 

 1st. Crew saved. Owned by Capt. John Blatchford. Valued at 

 $2,700 ; insured for $2,400. 



Caleb Coops, of this town, was lost on Georges, from the Edward 

 Everett, March 2d. 



James McIntosh, of this town, and Charles Wells, of Manches- 

 ter, were lost from the Oceanus, in the shore winter fishery, March 

 15th. 



James S. Hdtchins, of Edgecomb, Me., lost from the General 

 Grant, on the homeward passage from Newfoundland, January 17th. 



1873, TO JULY 1. 



Up to the above date, comprising the first six months of the year, 

 there have been twelve vessels and forty-one lives lost. Six vessels 

 were lost in the shore fishery, two in the Newfoundland herring busi- 

 ness, one in the Grand Manan, one Western Banker, one Georges- 

 man, and one in the fruiting business. 



Schooner ADDISON GILBERT, Capt. Jameson, engaged in the 

 shore winter fishery, was run into while on her way out of Portsmouth 

 Harbor, January 6th, by sloop M. M. Hamilton, of Portland, and 

 sunk. The crew had barely time to get on board the sloop, saving 

 only what they had on. The vessel was a total loss. Owned by 

 David Low & Co. Valued at $2,600 ; insured for $2,275. 



Schooner FRANKLIN A., Capt. David. Melanson, was run down 

 by schooner E. B. Phillips, on the evening of January 17th, off Falk- 

 land Island, Long Island Sound. The Phillips struck the Franklin 

 A. nearly amidships, carrying away both masts, and cutting through 



