74 FISHERMEN'S OWN BOOK. 



Plumer of this city, was wrecked in the Bay St. Lawrence in October, and 

 sold for $1,500. She is not included in our figures. 



Lost Overboard. — Louis Beck from sch. Sarah C. Pyle, Jan. 4 ; Capt. 

 Maurice Walen from sch. Marathon, on Georges, Feb. 22 ; Capt. Robert N. 

 Mackey on the passage from Fortune Bay, Feb. 14; Dennis Lyon from sch. 

 Nathaniel Webster, Feb. 24 ; Capt. Martin Nelson from sch. Arizona, on 

 Georges, Feb. 24; S. Augustus Webb from sch. John S. Presson, on Grand 

 Bank, Feb. 26 ; Nathaniel Gillis from sch. David Crockett and Nelson Mitch- 

 ell from sch. Edwin C. Dolliver, on Grand Bank March xi ; John O'Brien 

 from sch. Joseph O., on Georges, March 26 ; George Carpenter from sch. 

 Robert Emmett, on Georges, April 10; N. T. Chatto from sch. Bloomer, off 

 Portsmouth, July 24 ; Alfred Meyers from sch. Edward E. Webster, on 

 Grand Bank, July 4 ; Richard Tibbetts from sch. Charles P. Barrett, on 

 Middle Bank, Oct. 12 ; James Sigsworth, Frank Dunn and Daniel McNeil 

 from sch. E. A. Smith, on Grand Bank, Oct. 16 ; Michael Morgan from sch. 

 Victor, on Grand Bank, in December ; Joseph Teddy and Charles Cook from 

 sch. Ruth Groves, on Georges, Dec. 1 1 ; George Miller from sch. Howard 

 on Grand Bank, Dec. 10. 



Lost in Dories. — Charles H. Fisher and Chester W. Denton from sch. 

 Polar Wave, Jan. 19 ; John G. Smith and John Davis from sch. Restless, in 

 January ; all on Western Bank. Herbert Gorman, mate of sch. Flash, at 

 Newfoundland, Feb. 24. Daniel Brynnelson and Stephen Stone from sch. 

 Alfred Walen, on La Have Bank, March 17 ; Capt. John McCloud from 

 sch. Addison G. Procter, Feb. 8 ; William Norton and Albert Sulkey from 

 sch. Frederic Gerring, Jr., Feb. 28 ; James Horton and Thomas Kennedy 

 from sch. Edwin C. Dolliver, March 3 ; George Patience and Charles An- 

 derson from sch. Fitz J. Babson and John McMillan and John McAuley 

 from sch.y; F. Allen, April 18; David Shearer and William Diggers from 

 sch. Hrewxrd, June 27 ; Charles Olsen and Charles Strimm from sch. Aber- 

 d:en, in August; Nicholas Surratt from sch. Shiloh, Sept. 20; Angus Mc- 

 Kay and George Party from sch. Epes Tarr, Sept. 27 ; Charles Haley from 

 sch. Charles P. Thompson, Oct. 6 ; all on Grand Bank. 



1877. 



This was a year of general depression in the fishing industry, but the 

 losses were comparatively light. 7 vessels were lost in the fishing busi- 

 ness and 1 in the coasting trade, their tonnage being 722.33, and their value 

 about $45,000. Insurance about $22,000. Number of lives lost in the 

 fisheries, 38. 



Sch. MAY QUEEN, 53.56 tons, owned by Capt. Isaac P. Peterson, 

 wrecked in shore fishery on Coney Island, Jan. 2. Crew saved after seven 

 hours' extreme peril and suffering. Value, $3,400; insurance, $2,975. 



