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ahead. They immediately pulled for it, when it proved to be the 

 schooner Henry Clay, of this port. During the time they were in the 

 boat they had a steady storm of rain and snow, and were frequently 

 capsized, but with the aid of a bucket they managed to keep the boat 

 clear of water. Corthell had his feet badly frozen. Mr. Maynard's 

 arm was badly chafed and swollen, and both suffered greatly. 



Lewis and Thomas Suratt, two of the crew of schooner Joseph 

 Chandler, of this port, left the vessel February 27th, 1870, to visit 

 their trawls, when, a heavy breeze springing up, they were unable to 

 return. The wind increased to a gale, and for twenty-four hours 

 they were exposed to its full fury, narrowly escaping a watery grave. 

 Thomas was once washed overboard, but his brother succeeded in get- 

 ting him into the dory again, and they had about given up all hopes 

 of being rescued, when they fortunately fell in with schooner M. L. 

 Wetherell, of this port, Capt. Norwood, who took them on board and 

 kindly cared for them. They were well-nigh exhausted, and could 

 have survived but a short time longer. 



Two of the crew of schooner Robert Bruce, of this port, E. S. 

 Johnson and Thomas Anderson, left the vessel on the Banks in a 

 dory, May 3d, 1872, to attend their trawls. A thick fog set in shortly 

 afterwards, and, losing sight of the vessel, they anchored their dory, 

 in hopes of regaining the schooner the following day. The wind 

 continued to increase, and about midnight the anchor line parted, 

 when they determined to run to Seal Island, about fifty miles distant, 

 it being the nearest land. Fortunately they had a small pocket com- 

 pass, by the use of which they were able to keep the right course, 

 and on Sunday morning they reached Seal Island, after forty-eight 

 hours' exertion at the oars, without any kind of nourishment, having 

 tasted neither food nor water since they left the schooner. "When 

 they landed they were nearly exhausted, but were kindly and hos- 

 pitably treated by Mr. Benjamin E. Hitchens, a resident of the island, 

 of whom they spoke in terms of warmest gratitude. After resting 

 for twenty-four hours, they started in their dory for Yarmouth, N. S., 

 about thirty miles distant, where they arrived at noon. They had a 

 very hard time of it, and, had they not been pretty plucky fellows, 

 never would have reached home again. 



Mr. James Dann, one of the crew of schooner Lottie F. Babson, 

 had a very narrow escape from being lost overboard during the gale 

 of March, 1870, while returning from Georges. He was on the boom, 

 engaged in reefing the mainsail, when he lost his foothold, but fortu- 

 nately in falling managed to grasp one of the reef-points, to which 



