fishermen's memorial and r.ECOKD BOOK. 51 



near Newport, R. I., June 4th. Crew saved. Owned by Daniel 

 Sayward. Valued with outfit at 82,300 ; insured for $2,075. 



Schooner EMPIRE STATE, Capt. Stephen Smith, in the shore 

 mackerel fishery, went ashore at Cape Porpoise, June 30th, and became 

 a total loss. 'Crew saved. Owned by the master, and others. Val- 

 ued with her outfit at $4,000 ; insured for $3,563. 



The following persons were lost in the Bank fisheries, the greater 

 poi tion of them meeting their death while visiting their trav.ls : 



Anthony Amroe was lost from schooner Elisha Crowell, on AYes- 

 tern Bank, January 22d ; Michael Caklton, from the Aaron Burn- 

 ham, 2d, March 22d, while on the passage to Grand Banks ; Archi- 

 bald Beaton and Benj. Carpenter, from the Sarah P. Ayer, March 

 14th ; Leverett Leland and Charles O. Dale, from the Tragabig- 

 zanda, March 24th ; Edward TVhite, from the Ilattie S. Clark, May 

 18th; Patrick Murphy and Charles McPherson, from the Ruth 

 Groves, May 2d ; TVm. W. Colby and Charles M. Greenleaf, from 

 the Peter D. Smith, June 11th. 



Thomas Olevrson, one of the crew of the Esther Ward, died very 

 suddenly, of heart complaint, on Georges, June 13th. He was bait- 

 ing his hook at the time, when he dropped on deck and almost im- 

 mediately expired. 



James Foran, of the "Water Spirit, was drowned at Port Dover, 

 N. S., May 28th, by the capsizing of a boat. 



Capt. Duncan Grant, of the Finance, was lost on Georges, Feb- 

 ruary 18th. 



The foregoing losses show an aggregate of 12G5 lives and 280 ves- 

 sels lost during the past 42 1-2 years. Of this number, 93 vessels and 

 708 lives were lost in the Georges fishery ; 19 vessels and 209 lives 

 in the Grand and Western Bank fisheries ; 56 vessels and 107 lives 

 in the shore cod and mackerel fisheries ; 48 vessels and 93 lives in 

 the Bay of St. Lawrence mackerel fishery ; 19 vessels and 68 lives in 

 the Newfoundland herring fishery ; 34 vessels and 65 lives in the 

 freighting business ; 2 vessels in the Grand Manan herring fishery ; 

 1 vessel and 12 lives in the Greenland halibut fishery ; 6 vessels 

 burnt by pirate Tacony ; 1 pilot boat lost in the harbor. Of the 280 

 vessels lost, the crews of 147 (a little more than half) were saved. 

 The loss of life and property on Georges is upwards of one half the 

 entii-e loss. The total value of the vessels lost is $1,145,500, on 

 which there was an insurance of $839,525, mostly in the local offices. 



