FISHERMEN'S MEMORIAL AND EECOBD BOOK. 



List of the Names of Twelve Hundred, and Fifty-two Men and 



Two Hundred and Eighty-one Vessels Lost in the Fish- 



eries and other Maritime Branches, from the Port of 



Gloucester, from the Year IS 3O, to July 1st, 1873, 



Embracing a Period of Nearly Half a Century. 



Also, the Valuation of the Vessel Prop- 



erty, and Insurance thereon, 



The following list of lives and vessels l<^t from this port com- 

 mences with the year 1830, that being the period which marked the 

 commencement of the Georges winter fishery, in the pursuit of which 

 the great proportion of the losses have occurred. It has been found 

 impossible to obtain the name of eveiy one of these lost fishermen, 

 as it has sometimes occurred that men have been shipped just as the 

 vessel was about sailing, and in the hurry of the moment their names 

 were not added to the crew list. Consequently the reader will 

 occasionally read the sad word, unknown. We have used every 

 effort within our power to obtain the names of the unknown, as we 

 wished, if possible, to have the record complete ; but were compelled 

 to give up further inquiry, as there was not the slightest possibility 

 of gaining the required information. We are pleased to state that 

 in these latter years the fishing firms are much more particular in 

 obtaining correct crew lists of their vessels, ere they sail on their 

 trips, and it is to be hoped that in the future this will be attended to 

 in every instance. 



