FISHERMEN'S OWN BOOK. *i*i 



Allen C. Brian, John Drury, Daniel McLeod, James Tobin, and two others 

 shipped at Port Mulgrave, whose names are unknown. 



Sch. NIMBUS, 60.30 tons, owned by Leonard Walen, wrecked on Cape 

 Negro, in December. Value, $4,470; insurance, $3,911, with $1,000 addi- 

 tional on outfits. Two of the crew, Augustus Long and Andrew Robinson, 

 were drowned. 



Sch. MOSES ADAMS, 99.87 tons, owned by Samuel Lane & Bro., aban- 

 doned at sea, Dec. 21. Crew rescued with considerable difficulty. Value, 

 $5,155 ; insurance, $4,761. 



Sch. MODENA, 61.48 tons, owned by Bennett Griffin, lost in coasting 

 trade off Cape Cod, June 21. Crew saved. Value, $1,000; uninsured. 



Sch. SAM'L WONSON, 50.19 tons, owned by B. Haskell & Sons and 

 employed in coasting trade, wrecked in Liscomb harbor, N. S., Dec. 20. 

 Crew saved. Value, $3,000; insurance, $1,200. 



Lost Overboard. — James McQuarrie from sch. Moses Adams, on passage 

 from Newfoundland, Jan. 21. John Manuel from sch. Polar Wave, March 

 12, and Joseph Smith from sch. Andrew Leighton, Sept. 22, in the Bank 

 fishery. Thomas Smith from sch. Dictator, March 20, and Samuel K. 

 Pearce from sch. Mary Story, Oct. 13, on Georges. Capt. Philip Conley 

 from sch. Smuggler, on the passage from Grand Menan, Dec. 19. William 

 Martin from sch. Hyperion, off Milk Island, Nov. 18. 



Lost Overboard by Collision. — Thomas Kirby from sch. Racer in col- 

 lision with sch. Electric Flash, in April; Willis Bateman from sch. Edward 

 E. Webster in collision with sch. Hereward, on the Banks, in May ; Nelson 

 M. Doane and William Post from sch. Sarah C. Fyle in collision with an 

 unknown bark, off Thacher's Island, June i. 



Capsized in Dories. — Alex. McGinnis from sch. Centennial, Jan. 20 ; 

 John Peterson and Augustus Peterson from sch. Andrew Leighton, March 

 22 ; Judson W. Allen from sch. Knight Templar, April 8 ; Sylvester Mitch- 

 ell and Albert Eldridge from sch. Ossipee, Aug. 22 ; all in the Bank fishery. 

 Thomas King from sch. Annie C. Norwood, and John Dakin from sch. 

 Ellen H. Fowers, Dec. 19, in the shore fishery. 



Lost in Dories. — Angras McKenzie and Allen Grant from sch. John S. 

 Fresson, Feb. 18, and William Tate and Charles Russell from sch.Josie M. 

 Calderwood, Oct. 9, on the Banks ; William Cole and Lemuel Hagan from 

 sch. Mary F. Chisholm, on La Have Bank, Dec. 19. 



Capt. H. A. Bearse of the coasting schooner Hattie N. Gove was knocked 

 overboard and drowned in New London harbor, Dec. 2. 



1879. 



This was the most disastrous year ever experienced in the Gloucester fish- 

 eries, so far as loss of life is concerned, although the number of vessels lost 



