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Last of Missing Cod Fishermen Reach Shore After Terrible Gale
Atlantic City New Jersey February 12 after an 11 hour battle with a northeast gale the fishing sloop Elizabeth lost its three crew Captain Laurner Kohl Jack Main and Bert Mantes abandoned ship twelve miles from shore and reached the beach exhausted The sloop Alberts towed the abandoned vessel ashore Captain Mark Caste of Alberts recovered the men the last of the missing fleet all reported dreadful conditions in the cold sea In Philadelphia February 1 the steamship Northman damaged by ice was towed to port after breaking propeller blades and partial cargo loss as ice floes forced repairs before it could sail again
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Atlantic City
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Laurner Kohl
Jack Main
Bert Mantes
Elizabeth
Ami
Cad
Atlas
Philadelphia
Northman
Patterson
New York
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