60 Mile Gale Claims Twelve Lives At Sea
In a ferocious 60 mile gale off Nantucket a Boston swordfishing schooner Nokomis with about 90 swordfish aboard was wrecked. Eight to ten men perished as the crew battled towering seas and a torn foresail bolt rope. Captain Frost of Esther Gray rescued four men from a companion dory amid relentless waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liam Smith
Watson Conrad
Nova Scotia
Nokomis
Boston
Nantucket South
Pettipaw
Louis Turner
Parker Street
East Gloucester
Thomas Smith
Cape Negro
N. S
Frank Dewey
Portland
Dory
Esther Gray
Captain Frost
Frost
Newport
Cook
Gloucester
Union Supply Company of
South Shoal Gounds
Sailors Survive Terrific Gale Sailboat Motor Sinks Gear
A sword fishing schooner Motor was driven under by a tidal wave, losing masts and gear with seven crew swept overboard but saved by quick rope grabs and nearby help from the schooner Mary C. Santos. Captain Pennington and six others battled wreckage, found food, and reached port after three weeks of repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sword
T Wharf
A. H. Pennington
Yankee
Benjamin Lamson
Thomas Barnes
Four Provincetown Fishermen Lost in 60 Mile Gale
Provincetown reports the loss of four fishermen from the Arbitrator after a Friday gale. Two dories survived. the lumber schooner Leah C and the Sarah Wood endured severe damage while seeking Boston. Captain Sylva half mast for fallen crew. Sarah Wood refused aid, later to Boston Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Boston
Sylva
Leah C
William Corea
J. B. Bishop
Sarah Wood
Bridgeton
N. J
Boston Light
Manuel Oliver
Domingo Valesa
Francisco Vacico
Louis Perry
Highland Light
Minnie
Franklin
Massachusetts Bay
Mystery on the Boston Steamer Nickerson Case
A Boston girl, Mrs. Nickerson, vanished after an evening carriage ride and a night at a home near Egleston street. Witnesses describe a tall dark escort and a second man, with a child in the carriage, while relatives discuss money loans and a mortgage on Nickerson’s furniture as search continues for her whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Nickerson
Storm Sinks Leach C and Salvages Five Men
A Maine coast gale capsized the Leach C with crew lashed to rigging. Antoine Sylva and Louis Jacques were rescued after brutal waves. Captain Turner of the Rena A Persey won 600 in salvage for saving the Booth crew and hulk. The Port land and Rockland schooners aided, two boats missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corea
Antoine Sylva
Louis Jacques
Leah C
Jesse Sylva
Jacques
Antoine
Leach C
Rockland
Annie A. Booth
Portland
Rena A. Persey
Booth
Ellen M. Golder
Calais
Bath
Emma BE. Potter
Annapolis
N.S
New York
Golder
Potter
Hortensia
Maine
New England
Atkinson
Mt. Desert Rock
Turner
Relatives Seek Man Linked to Mrs Nickerson Death
Family members of Mrs. Raymond C. Nickerson of Jamaica Plain seek a man believed to be a potential source of information about her death aboard the toy line steamer Georgia. The man visited her in the Egleston Street apartment early Thursday morning July 20 as she began a trip to New York, accompanied by another man who accompanied her to the residence. Police reports mention a driver who hurried away in a cart as neighbors note the man’s ignorance of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. XK. Ricker
Walden Street
William H. Keller
Weimer
Washington Street
South Station
New York
Raymond C. Nickerson
Jamaica Plain
Toy Line
Georgia
Egleston Street
Chelsa Lodge 938 YP RH Death Notice for John A White
Chelsha Lodge No 938 in YP RH announces the death of Brother John A White with funeral services at Elks Home Chelnea Square Monday July 81 at 2 30 p m Attendees are urged to attend William Taylor Exalted Ruler and William J Randall Secretary oversee the service Thomas M H Micssey thanks friends and Watertown Arsenal staff for their kindness after the loss of a beloved person
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breslin
William
Eliza Breslin
Springfield Street
Immaculate Conception
Marrison Avenue
Manchester
N. H
Roxbury
Anna May
Thomas A
Ellen Deery
Whalen
Rock Ingham Place
Flynn
Malden
Thomas F. Flynn
Woburn
Mass
Florence Sullivan
Willard Street
Maplewood
St. Joseph's Church
Holy Cross
Dorchester
Ellen
Dennis T. Flynn
Timothy J. Flynn
Page Street
St. Leo's Church
Esmond Street
Higgins
North End
John
Ellen ‘Higgins
Commercial Street
St. Stephen’s Church
Hanover Street
Larkin
Boston
Michael
Elizabeth A. Larkin
Chaucer Street
Star of the Sea
Ledyard
Everett
Cottage Street
Annie M. Ledyard
Maguire
Joanna Frances
John G. Maguire
Montvale Avenue
St. Charles’ Church
McDonough
Millis
Mathias McDonough
East Dedham Street
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Hugh
Bridget
John J. McHugh
Craven
Chester
Shawmut Avenue
St. Philip’s Church
Morse
Cohasset
George W. Morse
O’connell
Rose A
Edmund O'Connell
Farren
Lexington Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Sullivan
Charlestown
Anne
Timothy Sullivan
Justice
Chelsea ‘Street
St. Mary’s Church
Warren Street
Chelsha Lodge NO
YP. C. RH
John A. White
Elks H Home
Chelnea Square
Thomas M. H
Watertown Arsenal
Thomas M, Hennessey
Bigelow Street
Righton, Masa
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Simeon LeBall
LeBall
John Pettipaw
Gray
Conrad
Smith
Captain Pennington
Joshua Perry
William E. Goodwin
Thomas Goodwin
Merdin Perry
Albert Doane
Doane
Mary C. Santos
Manuel Santos
Santos
William Publicover
Lamson
Barnes
Harry Brewer
Steward Ernest Goodwin
Brewer
Newfoundland
Calvin Austin
St. John
N.‘B
Mt. Desert Island
O'Keeffe
Union ST
City
Otherez
Washinger Street
Ann T
Washington
Friend St
Bishop
Leah
Purser
Isaiah Kelley
Trinity Place
Transportation Department
The
American Express Company
Lyda Weimar
Nickerson
Machias
Bown
Union Street
Greater Boston
Faneuil Hall Tonk
waIo
Rafamia Ita Quassie
Wie
Evelyn
Wigan Bros
Wilson Bros
Scollay
Rogers’ Silverware
Waltham Watches
Wilson Brothers
Scollay SQ
J.° Waterman & Sons
Incorporated Undertakers
Dudley Street Terminal
Frank S. Waterman
George H. Waterman
Marconi, Telegraph and Cable Addres
William. Taylor
William J. Randall
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