The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-28

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lifted mp his head. and called him by name.
Arthur said are you dead 2" And thought
how soon shall be-. And then he said, II fV w"s
all my own fault. tucked too quick But he
told me not TO worry. for he was not dead, and
That dream has been before mo night after
night don't know how i sit is very strange
comforts mo. for | think he must have been
picked up ,ly some schooner, Oh. i he hns
Suddenly, ~ If she misinterprotcd her listen
erS interest n the story. the poor woman turned
asked. Could you tell whether he is alive2
nth the answer no" she dropped her hend
The hopeful look that had suddenly illuminated
golden head Vt the little girl who had stolen TO
her side. against her heart. she sighed and
gazcd tcarluy out Of the window
=, To understand the force Of the blow dealt by
this terrible disaster, il must be considered that
every mt rest OF Gloucester. its trade. its do
outside world-in short, its existence, depends
upon its fishing feet The fisheries Of Glouces-
ter, which began in 1924. have built up the place.
without the ald OF any other industry. and 1t s
now the greatest centre Of domestic fisheries in
the world, The very atmosphere of the place
reeks Of fish and tar. Fishermen maintain its
gro ers and its cothicrs. Fishermen patronize
its hotels. 1t has newspapers whose readers are
fishermen, and which are full of fshermen's
rhymes. Nshcrmen's yarns. fishermen ; intcr-
csts, and advertisements for fishermen. Every
body in the place knows how to catch and to
cook amy kind Of fish. and no part Of n fish il
wasted there-even the tongues are cut out. fried
and eaten 10y theepcurcs. II is hard, If not i'm
has not been on Georges and La Have. and
the other fishing banks. hauling in all sort %
weather. Even the women know every rope IN
schooner by nnnc, and where every kind of
fish - caught ami the children talk ship and
fish as naturally as their elders. The BOYS
look forward To- their first "trip t. Georges
Just rs farmers boys look forward to handling
the moving machine or the plough. You can
not stop in "a har-room, or on a corner where
men are congrcgatod. without hearing of some
marvellous haul " FISH, or some wonderful
escape from storm and death - on the banks"
GLOUCESTER : speudidly situated for a fishing
port. From the bcliry OF the town hall through.
this sparkling wintrr atmosphere. you can
see the whole peninsula of Cape Ann atyour
feet clrcled by the blue rim oi the Atlantic. Far
away TO the right Is seen the reef Of Normans
headand, aro the Isles OF Shoals. In front il
the open ocean broad pathway u the fishing
banks hehini are the bluffs IT Massachusetts,
and right under your nose lie the little white
wooden houses of Gloucester and the miniature
larhor. its busy wharvcs lined with a forest Of
diminutive schoonrr's mnsts looking like toy
To this town the fishing fleet Is what factories
ar1 10 ma ,r,l e., yillage, Eyerybody
property. of which they felt proud. new
schooner Of so or 30 tons added 70 the fleet gets
as pnS AZ ana as new r% an
lines receives in New York, and no huge
| iron steamer was never launched with
greater pride and rejoicing than are dis
played when q smart new fishing schooner
s sstr harSor II cann" '' be- we won wi NJ tbcrs
fore that tho loss Of ten stout vessels in ono
whose piacrs il is hard to mi. because few have
the cool daring. the strength and the skill that
winter fishing demands should plunge Glou-
Tha ,rnf Ji.i.ir IL on ,,crv I'm Tho nsb.
ermgn who were in the gales and escaped. tinl
IN" sens went over them. how t6.ir mast
snapped before the wind. howthirk snow blind
anil ban,tfniat th"n1 in tb,ir strn,.'i, Viii
death The stories told hy some ,,f tho.e WHO
~, tkr,r irntb T.. ,.op,in'.,,,, ~ ~ w,l,ieni r.
Leo Of me = ,hooner Run Grnv.s win WAS ~,
VARIED hv t1r undrr,rr,,,.rs f,r Irinyin's his
vessel into port nft.r sile had become lini'-t 4,
/ 'on,ri,t" v,r,.k s,t,s he ,,os -,n,,iip', ~ n, ~
Ju.t hfor,. m ..nttail n ..,t, on H. lnw pnd ih
r.r w'S an r AZ sSo S SeiGrl Sis W w. r., n.
r.ll nnI Cnu / 60 NJ. nj h'.,, ana -nt i,.,,,, 80,
/ lie locker. In about nt."n ninnt"- he VA.
thrown from The lock.Ewith the -uddennes- of
/ Ind inset and rushed m the rnn,,,ynv d,,,vn
which the water was pnuring 1ik" n torrent
The deck was swept clean uf everything except
In. hnuts and th. cable w,.r,, ny,.rnnrI ma th.,
heavy rail was swept AWAY lrv.l with the ,irrS
men who had been lrtt on d"c, wer" ron'. hay
| ing been sWrpt overheard hv the tremendous
ssa which with one blow had turned tn stout
| fishing schooner into a hopeless wroDk Their
| names w,.rr Jn-.rh L"ddy and ,J,senh Cook
| 10th NoNi S.ot,nns
| .,.,,,i,,,.l :, ii,o, hrssl,,,,-
| .ui ~ u W. n "'l ~ ! SUI w
| u ul' ,Wn'iI' In7l.hE 1'Wh li, Euh-NHN Itil
Hnu n,I n" H." i"s Ei' - i" , M wv, WI =,
i'su1nNl, /" i'-t' w 80 ~ NJ Nt"I "a
XIX nuiHntWL xxx s't II, vi 'arI' gi l1' y,
| WITH nH' nv t.l t' on II lIil i"u,r rl IL
they nli"d hod-n'Hs wth The -'iif.,fsh n-h oil.
which formed t,tt Of M. ,,rl., and liur Them
| over tho how ~ tho vessel Tine nil o,Ifus ONT
| Ind the effect familiar t. nehrrinrn nf
| nreyentIn, H., WAVES from hr.ni, ING Il. fhny
! dnshed against th, vessel II -fr.ni over the, r.
| surface max INK, them ms s,nao,.i as ginss Thnn
"A drag ~, ..ot 0ut with "A small oshl.' n Kind ni
! lurv mast with "A utf.Lnd suil WINS Ragged mn.
and thr lDonrr ran .lNtv-iwo niflo- h, + re- I'M
/ ristnrly gale and finally got into IlN.ruool
| " =. on thn thirtneuth night altnr the st1rm'
While they were rigging M, thrir STAY nft r tl .
great wlys. broke OYER tIcni Cnu, La and his
'rcw saw "A y.--el ilr,li-tre-- drifting oil ~. ly
diem, but a sudden snow squail md her from
| siuht
/ 1nsrnh W Collins Cnutain ~ tho schooner
! Howard Ind "A sill worse nxn.rienen H., saws
| l.. WINS anchored ON Bnnk ou.ro eastward 1f
La Have banks. on Sntur,lay night, When the
/ s;nrIn canle on Al , 0'.lo, k Sun,lav mornina.
/ thrtide hnw-..d " TINT is ran i'm such "A dirn'-
/ lion M Ia throw tho nn,horo,l vessel into tho
I trough oil tho ga Can't Collin. won't On dock
and fold the man M tho wheel 10 III m il hard "a
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