11 of 12 Boston schooner crew rescued in fog in South Channel
Mourning shifted to relief as 11 of the 12 crewmen from the Mary DeCosta were brought to port by the Elenora DeCosta. Captain Murphy, cook Lennox, and Engineer Chesley Murphy remained aboard or rescued. Denis Boudreau of East Boston is still missing, presumed saved.
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Boston
Mary DeCosta
South Channel
Edward Murphy
Cook
James Lennox
Chesley Murphy
Elenora DeCosta
Denis Boudreau
East Boston
Rejoined Mary De Costa Rescued After Foggy Miscue
A group of mariners from East Boston to Everett rejoined the Mary De Costa after a wartime separation. The Elenora De Costa’s Captain Fields mourned four missing men as a warship passed near, but Captain Murphy reported those men safe aboard the Josephine De Costa.
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Mary de Costa
Jack Todd
Raymond
Noah Porter
Josph Bernard
Joseph Perry
Peter Surrett
Leondy Bellevue
East Boston
Chris
Philip White
South Boston
Peter Cotton
Charlestown
Daniel McComisky
Everett
John Fields
Elenora de Costa
Murphy
Highland Light
Plymouth
de Costa
Rescue at Sea Reunites Crew After Disappearance
Three men trekked a missing vessel to Boston after a Sunday evening rescue. Captain Fields of the Elenora reported the crew gathered aboard just before a severe squall and later found four sailors absent from his own crew, creating an anxious process to account for all hands.
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Fall River
Misk Dobson
Europe
New York
East End
Dobson
Captain Fields
Elenora
Upset at Dead Man's Curve
John J. Gill of Warwick Road Newtown and his wife were severely injured when their car left the road at Dead Man's Curve Reading, rolled down a 12 foot embankment and toppled into six feet of water in Putnam Pond. Pedestrians rescued them and a physician was summoned. Gill, a new driver, allegedly lost control.
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John J. Gill
Warwick Road
Newton
Reading
Putman Pond
Gill
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