44 FISHERMEN'S MEMORIAL AND RECORD BOOK. 



JOHN CARLISLE, of schooner Peter D. Smith, died on Georges, May 

 4th, of heart disease. 



The following is a list of those lost on the Banks : 



JOSEPH WARD and FRANCIS LEE, of schooner John S. Tyler, were 

 lost while visiting their trawls, May 15th. 



SIMEON CLIFFORD and WILLIAM BRYANT, of schooner Etta Gott, 

 were lost in the same manner, in May. 



JAMES SCANLAN and J. H. AMES, of schooner Mary G. Dennis, 

 were upsefin their dory and drowned while visiting their trawls, Oct. 

 12th. 



ALBERT FAULK was lost overboard from schooner M. L. Wetherell, 

 in October. 



MICHAEL NOLAN was lost overboard from schooner George O. 

 Hovey, October 18th. 



MARTIN QDIGLY and JOHN KELLY were run down in a fishing boat 

 and drowned, off Eastern Point, May 26th. 



JOHN RAKE was lost overboard from schooner Wildfire, October 

 19th. 



1871. 



This was another terrible disastrous year to the fisheries, one hun- 

 dred and forty lives and nineteen vessels being lost, and with the 

 exception of 1862, it resulted in the greatest sacrifice of life and 

 property since the commencement of the business. Of the vessels, 

 ten were lost on Georges, four in the Bank fishery, two in the shore 

 fishery, one each in the herring fishery, Greenland halibut fishery, and 

 freighting business. 



Schooner HIAWATHA was lost on Georges, in February, with 

 ten men, viz. : Byron Murphy, Master ; John Glenn, William F. 

 Powers, John McGrath, John Callahan, Michael Furlong, Martin 

 Cowrey, James Goodwin, Stephen Green, Edward McEae. Owned 

 by D. C. & Horatio Babson. Valued at $7,800 ; insured for $6,825. 



Schooner E. L. COOK was probably lost in the same gale with 

 eleven men, viz. : Samuel H. Killham, Master ; William II. Killham, 

 John Cole, Lucius H. Cavis, Aaron Baker, Angus McLeod, Martin 

 Bakeman, Frank C. Welch, George Hall, Joseph Francis, Elisha 

 Roberts. Owned by Perkins Brothers. Valued at 6,900 ; insured 

 for $6,038. 



Schooner A. F. LINDBERG was lost in the gale of April 2d, with 

 eleven men, viz. : Charles Boyson, Master ; George Williams, Peter 

 S. Miller, Henry Tweedy, Charles Simpson, Frederick Handman, John 

 Swinson, Alexander Ruden, Andrew Henderson, Andrew Christenton, 



