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Schooner WEST POINT was lost at Magdalene Islands, Septem- 

 ber 20th ; crew saved. Owned by Perkins Brothers. Valued, with 

 outfit, at $3,800 ; insured for $3,300. 



LOST OVERBOARV. 



Charles Rose and "William Wilson, from schooner Fannie R., in 

 the Bay. 



Antone Lewis, from schooner Helen M. Crosby, on passage 

 to the Bay. 



Joseph Christen, from schooner Dictator, on Georges. 



Henry Johnson, from schooner Sultana, on Grand Bank. 



Frederic Carman, from schooner Abigail, on passage from the 

 Bay. 



OTHER LOSSES SINCE JULY. 



Schooner WILLIAM BAILIES, ballast lighter, was totally 

 lost at Cape Hedge, near Milk Island, on the 6th of August. Crew 

 saved. Valued at $800, and uninsured. Owned by George M. Won- 

 son of East Gloucester. 



Frank Anderson, of Schooner Dictator, was lost overboard on 

 Georges, September 1st. 



Brumley Larkin, of Schooner Fitz J. Babson, was washed from 

 the jib-boom and drowned, September 2d, while coming from the 

 Banks. 



Edward Day, of Schooner Alfarata, was killed in the Bay of St. 

 Lawrence, July 18th, in consequence of being struck on the head by 

 the main boom. 



VALUATION, INSURANCE, ETC 



The total value of the vessels lost in this gale is $62,500 ; their insur- 

 ance $53,914, which, with but two exceptions, is in the Gloucester 

 Mutual Fishing Insurance Office. In addition to the insurance on 

 the vessels totally lost, there will be quite a large amount to pay out 

 on partial losses, expense of getting off the stranded vessels, etc. ; 

 probably not less than $40,000. 



The total number of vessels lost the present year, up to October 

 1st (nine montlis), is twenty-eight, valued at $114,600. Total amount 

 of insurance, $98,940. Total loss of life, one hundred and seventy-two^ 



