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he held on until rescued from his perilous position by those on board. 

 Had he foUen overboard, no earthly power could have saved hira from 

 drowning, as it was blowing a living gale at the time. 



Eichard Powers and George Welch, two of the crew of schooner 

 J. S. Sanborn, of this port, left the vessel in a dory, June 16th, 1865, 

 to visit their trawls, and, a thick fog coming on, they were unable to 

 find the vessel. Every exertion was made by those on board to find 

 the missing men, but all to no purpose, and she returned to port with- 

 out them. They were subsequently picked up by an English vessel, 

 bound to Pictou, from which port they arrived home in due season. 



The fishing boat Garibaldi, Capt. George AY. Morgan, of Lanes- 

 ville, engaged in the shore fishery, was caught in the gale of Tuesday, 

 March 11th, 1872, off Ipswich, while attending to the trawls, and, 

 being unable to carry sail, was soon driven ashore on Ipswich Bar, 

 and sunk within two minutes after striking. Capt. Morgan had with 

 him his partner, Mr. Levi Lane, and their only hope of escape was 

 by clinging to the mast until assistance came. Here they succeeded, 

 after much efibrt, in lashing themselves for their long and perilous 

 watch through the night tbat was coming on, if indeed they should 

 live to pass that watch. Cold, benumbed and wet, with only a faint 

 hope of holding out, the long hours of the night passed wearily. 

 At midnight they saw the keeper of the Ipswich light go and return 

 from his duties ; yet no help came. It now 1)ecame a question of 

 endurance. Capt. Morgan, becoming so thoroughly wet and be- 

 numbed, began to show signs of exhaustion, and must soon have 

 perished. At length morning dawned, when the daughter of the 

 lighthouse-keeper, Miss Susie Ellsworth, having, as it were provi- 

 dentially, risen earlier than usual that morning, saw the men clinginfr 

 to the mast of their sunken boat. She immediately informed her 

 father, who mustered a crew and went to their rescue in the life-boat. 

 The men were taken to the house of Mr. Ellsworth, where they were 

 very kindly cared for. 



Two of the crew of schooner Lewis, of Marblehead, William Ward 

 and Lawrence Mulcahy, left their vessels on the third of July, 1873, 

 to visit their trawl, and, a thick fog setting in, they were unable to 

 regain her. The schooner subsequently returned to port, and the 

 men were given up as lost. The men stated that for five days the fog 

 was so dense it was impossible to see but a very small distance around 

 them. They made every eflbrt to regain the vessel, but without suc- 

 cess. They frequently heard the whistles of steamers, but never saw 

 one ; and their sufferings for the want of food and drink were most 



