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severe storm ; everything on deck that was movable was washed over- 
board ; the rudder was damaged, and soon the vessel became wholly 
unmanageable. From January 22 till February 9 the vessel drifted a 
floating wreck. When near Sable Island she was discovered by the 
fishing schooner C. B. Manning, and with much diflieulty the crew was 
rescued, after which the vessel was set on fire. The schooner Phil Sher- 
idan, 93.68 tons, sailed from Gloucester February 23, bound for George’s 
Bank. Two days later, in latitude 42° 06', longitude 66° 50', she encoun- 
tered a severe gale, and while hove to was struck by a heavy sea and 
thrown on her beam ends, and the masts and sails and the nine dories 
were carried away. The vessel soon righted, but was a complete wreck. 
Schooner Dido, of Gloucester, took it in tow for six hours, but was then 
obliged to turn it adrift, owing to the rough seas. On the 27th of the 
month the steamer Peconic, Captain Evans, master, from Messina, fell 
in with the wreck 120 miles from Boston Light, and took the crew off 
and carried them to Boston. The vessel was set on fire before leaving. 
The master and crew express heartfelt thanks to the officers of the 
steamer for their kindness. The schooner was insured for $6,037, and 
her outfit for $500. 
Such, in brief, is the account of the loss of three fine fishing vessels, 
one with all hands. How and when it was lost will probably never be 
known. The crews of the other two vessels suffered severely from cold, 
hunger, and exposure, but after a few days of rest these same men 
could once more be found on other fishing vessels bound for the distant 
fishing-banks. Ho disasters or suffering appear to have a check on the 
men following the fisheries, or in any manner frighten them from the 
dangers of winter fishing on the distant banks in mid-ocean. Men are 
always ready to man the vessels, and seem much more anxious to go 
than the owners of the vessels are to send them during the winter. 
Fish landed at Gloucester by the fishing fleet in February, 1887. 
Fishing-grounds. 
Number 
of fares. 
Salt cod. 
Fresh hali- 
but. 
Frozen her- 
ring. 
Pickled 
herring. 
By Gloucester vessels : 
fipArgo’s Tla.nk 
Pounds. 
56 
rounds. 
1, 136, 000 
57, 000 
Pounds. 
186, 800 
18, 200 
421, 000 
18, 000 
50, 000 
110, 000 
Number. 
Barrels . 
W" estern Bank 
2 
rfrand T?a,nk 
16 
T,fl, TTmrA "Rank _ 
1 
Ran/pierean 
2 
fVff Sable Tsland 
2 
Enrfnne Ray ^ewfVvnndland 
18 
6, 583, 000 
855, 000 
915 
Bay of Knnny - 
3 
Tpswjeh Pay and off Cape Ann __ __ 
60 
349, 000 
18, 000 
Off Cape Ann (by small boats) 
Total _ _ 
160 
1, 560, 000 
97, 000 
804, 000 
7, 438, 000 
915 
By vessels belonging at other ports : * 
Tpswieb Ray and off Cape Ann.... 
11 
Total in February, 1887 
171 
1, 657, 000 
2, 143, 000 
1 
804, 000 
927, 800 
7, 438, 000 
7, 907, 000 
915 
Total in February, 1886 
146 
Note. — The miscellaneous receipts from other ports during the month consisted of 700 barrels of 
mackerel from Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
* These fish -were landed by the following vessels: Schooner Mora Temple, of Portland, Me . ; 
schooner Grace Choate, of Portsmouth, N. H. ; schooner Eliza, of Marblehead, Mass., and schooners 
Clara Grimes, Edith Conley, and Estelle S. Nunan, of Rockport, Mass. 
