24 FISHERMEN'S MEMORIAL AND RECORD BOOK. 



JOSEPH PARSONS was lost overboard from schooner S. E. Smith, in 

 the Bay of St. Lawrence, Sept. 18th. 



WILLIAM HART was lost from schooner Coquette, on the passage 

 from the Bay of St. Lawrence, October 20th. 



CAPT. JOSEPH GREENLEAF, was lost overboard from schooner Nile, 

 on the passage from Boston, November 23d. 



JOHN MARSTONS was found drowned in the dock of the wharf of 

 A. Merchant & Co. 



1861. 



The number of vessels lost this year is the largest of any one year 

 thus far from this port, being fifteen. Number of lives, forty-four. There 

 were four vessels lost on Georges, three in the Bay of St. Lawrence, 

 three Georgesmen in the harbor, one on Cape Cod, one at St. Mary's, 

 one at Ragged Island, one at Louisburg bar, and one at Cole Bay. 



Schooner SWEEPSTAKES, lost on Georges, in Februaty. Jas. 

 Scearth, Master; crew of eight men as follows: Neal Walker, Chas. 

 Bixzett, Augustus McDonald, James Barkley, John Stewart, Mat- 

 thew West, Thomas Jackman, James McCullough. Owned by Clark 

 & Rust. Valued at $4,000 ; insured for $3,325. 



Schooner SUSAN YOUNG was lost the same time. Nine men. 

 Anthony Medeors, Master; George McDonald, Otis R. Swain, 

 Manuel Francis, Antoine Gormez, Joseph Antoine, William Denni- 

 son, Edwin Nealy, Joseph Carter. Owned by Wm. H. Friend & Co. 

 Valued at $3,000 ; insured for $2,275. 



Schooner H. M. STANWOOD was probably lost in the same gale. 

 Patrick Gorman, Master ; and seven men : viz., Benjamin E. Owen, 

 George Ash, James Warren, Joseph Minor, Henry Laroque, Joseph 

 Parker, Gamaliel Stewart. Owned by Hardy & McKenzie. Valued 

 at $4,000 ; insured for $3,500. 



Schooner WHITE SWALLOW lost at the same time, with 

 nine men. Peter Nelson, Master ; Charles H. Booman, Stephen 

 Barnard, John Botherton, James McDonald, John Herman, John 

 Johnson, Peter Lawson, and Henry Bertram were lost in her. Owned 

 by Davis & Maddox. Valued at $3,400 ; insured for $2,975. 



Schooner TELEGRAPH, while returning from Georges on the 

 night of Feb. 10th, came into collision with the schooner M. C. Rowe, 

 off Eastern Point, and, becoming unmanageable, went ashore near 

 Norman's Woe, and became a total loss. One of the crew, Emanuel 



