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left a widow and two children, native of Nfld.When Berta Doff met Ben Cohn, in 1936, she was twenty-one years old, tall and confident, with the diction of an elocution instructor, which in fact she was. Strayed from the vessel in a fog on Quero bank while tending their trawls and were never heard from Went astray from sch.on Grand Bank in June while outward bound for Georges, about four miles off Eastern Point capsized in their dory while visiting their trawls on Grand Banks and drowned.Ĭook, native of Bay Bulls, N. Left a widow and three children belonged at Witless Bay, Nfld Run down and sunk off Cape cod by steamer Barnstable, January 13, 1896, the vessel sinking in four minutes. Sailed on a Georges trip November 19 and probably lost in the gale of Decemnothing being heard from her after leaving port. Lost in an early February gale 1895 while on the passage home from Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, with a cargo of frozen herring. Native of Witless Bay, Newfoundland, unmarried Native of Bay Bulls, Newfoundland, unmarried Native of Toad's Cove, Newfoundland, single Native of Furmose, Newfoundland, unmarried F., brother to Richard, unmarriedīay Bulls, N. Native of Burgeo, Newfoundland, unmarried She left port on the morning of January 12 when lost was on a voyage to Newfoundland for a cargo of frozen herring. Native of Newfoundland but had lately been living in Nova Scotia unmarried The men went out to haul their trawls and all the dories came back excepting the one containing themīoth men were unmarried and belonged in Newfoundland Sailed on an Iceland trip Maand was never heard from afterwards His dorymate, Michael McCoady, was rescued by his shipmates an hour later, having succeeded in righting the dory, which was provided with air tanks. F., was capsized in a dory from schooner After clinging to the dory for three hours he was compelled by exhaustion to loose his hold, and was drowned. while was securing the riding sail and drowned. Washed overboard about four miles southeast of Highland Light and drownedįell overboard from sch. His other brother Thomas was lost with the 'Fame' in 1908. F., Mathew, brother to P.Powers was lost in 1901, when the 'Lolanthe' was lost. F., native of Hollywood, Conception Bay, N. floundered on Grand Bank by overloading their dory at Flemish Cap and drownedĭisappeared at St. Hit by staysail sheet and knocked overboard from sch. Unmarried, a native of Placentia Bay, Nfld Was washed from the flying-jibboom of sch.

A body said to be his was found in the dock. F.įoundered in one of the severe December gales on the coastĭisappeared in Boston and is supposed to have fallen overboard from the Eastern avenue wharf and drowned. They were young men, unmarried, and natives of St.

Were lost from their dory from sch in a snow storm on the Western Bank. He was a native of the West of England and left a widow and three children in Newfoundland Was washed overboard and drowned on the passage to Grand Manan. One of two of the crew of sch were drowned by the capsizing of their dory on the banks.

Navy during the Civil WarĪ native of Newfoundland, who was shipped just as the vessel sailed left port Novemfor a Georges trip, since which time no tidings from her have been receivedīorn St. Native of Newfoundland, widow and two children Native of Newfoundland, master, left widow and two children Sailed for Georges and was never heard from Sailed Augand was not seen after the 21 st Lost upon Grand Bank, of Newfoundland probably in the heavy gale of February Newfoundland Fishermen Lost at Seaįrozen to death when lost in the fog from sch. These transcriptions may contain human errors.Īs always, confirm these, as you would any other source material.

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