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fishermen's memorial and record book. 



In acl.lition to the above are the partial losses, losses of cables, an- 

 chors, etc., which cannot be reckoned less than $150,000, making the 

 total loss, $1,295,500. 



As no record of the number of widows and orphans made by these 

 losses was kept previous to 1858, it is impossible to get at the cor- 

 rect number, but taking an average of the past twelve years, it would 

 give ten widows and twenty fatherless children yearly, or a total of 

 422 widows and 844. children. The losses average 28 lives and 6 

 vessels yearly. 



Errata. — In the heading of this chapter, the number of lives lost is stated 1251 — num- 

 ber of vessels, 281. After the first pages were printed, additional losses of life were ascer- 

 tained, which increased the total number to 1255, as shown by the table on the next page. 

 One schooner, not owned here, has also been taken from the list, making the correct num- 

 ber of vessels lost, 280, as per table. 





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