River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-03-20
WIDOWED AND ORPHANED.
Pfo0o bic Lass 81 a Fishing Fleet Of Four
TEEN rasetS One Htsndred and Forty
Ssr L5ces 81 ppose1 ia Hare Been Last.


TEEN rasety One Hssndred and Forty
Ssr L5ees stpposed "a Haze Been Last.
Boston Special March H.
A disaster, appalling in its terrible fatal
ty, and heavy n the financial loss it has
caused, has fallen on the city of Gloucester,
which previously contained far more than
tbs usuzl proportion of widows and orphans,
and enterprises sorely smitten by the busi
ness depression of the past few years.
CON tue night of the 20th of Februar
gale of almost unprecedented violence,
companied with binding snow and sleet,
came roaring down upon the Georges fleet
About ftty vessels occupied the most danger
Gus positions, and of this number il is feared
that fOu teen we're lost.
Il all that Is feared did happen,
one HUNDRED AND FoRrY-sIx MEN,
the husbands of forty-one wives and the
fathers of nearly one hundred children, and
property which cannot be replaced for less
than 5000 were swallowed up by the
raging waters.
For tie past week or ten days the excite
meut IA the city has been intense.
At first not much alarm was felt but, as
vessel sitter vessel that had weathered the
storm came III and brought no tidings OF the
missing ones, the gravest anxiety began to
prevail.
None of those that are missing have been
reported since the gale.
OF the safety ONE of them there is vet
a ray Of hope, but is certain that the most
Of them viii
NEVER BE HEARD PROM AGAIN.
Tbs anxious waiting for their return has
now given place in the minds of the owners
to the forced conviction that they and their
crews have persisted.
II is probable that no financial distress
will be occasioned, but distressing innu-
encc wlR be felt directly or indirectly ia
every portion uf the business interests of the
city.
THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
will have to bt cared for and the insurance
on the vessels and outfits, which was all
placed IN the Gloucester Mutual Fishing
insurance COMPANY, will have to be assessed
upon the firms and viii thus come out o
the general business. The total insuranc
Is $50, 20.
The merchants of Gloucester, however, as
well rs her fishermen, are hardy, determined
people, and quickly forget the troubles of
the past il their present endeayors and fu-
tuIe planning. Without asking any outside
help they will settle their own losses. add a
they assist, and steadily pursue the while
their historic work of catching, buying and
selling fish.
aEoBGE's BANK,
upon which the Vessels and the men went
down, Is situated about 40 miles east south
east frOu Gloucester, and Is the famous
feeding grounds for Goldfish and paddock
The water shoals gradually from the deep
sea 20 the center of the bank, where it
ranges ~ depth from six 10 twelve fathoms
cN THE NIGHT OF THE STORM,
fifty sail are supposed 10 have been inclosed
within circle # two or three miles north
east of tie shoal.
About fifteen miles northeast from these
was group of seven or eight sail, and away
on Browu's bank, about sixty miles further
to tie northeast, were several others.
BaEEZE STRUNG UP ABOUT NOON
OF Thursday, and the signs foretod the
coming Storm.
As the hours passed the wind increased in
violencs, ana al midnight was blowing ter
rible gale from the northeast.
Ace air was filed with snow and frozen
SPRAY 50 thickly that nothing could be seen.
Every vessel, exposed as they all were to
tie wiH force of the gale and the waves,
KS fsAANAio47 u teAttd iAS Cdb4So nL1&
ALL DRuTED
more OF less rapidly. No canvass could re
sist foI q moment the fierce rush Of the wind,
and there vas nothing for the sailors 70 do
b1t tn wait, and hope for the storm to abate
rs v.oiaGae. or for the wind to shift TO a dlf-
fereut quarter. Unless one of these two
things happened. certain destruction was be
hind them on the foaming shoals.
eEF MEN WHOM FoRTUNE FAVORED
have reformed, and 5 me of them say that.
during long lives spent upon the ocean. they
never before experienced sueh gale with
such $685.
Ilara was not one vessel IA the whole fleet
mat aid rot sustain more or less damage.
puGTsVa SUNDAY MORNING
the wind backed around gradually toward
the north and northwest, and OF noon had
moderated SO that there was 10 further
danger.
One or two Of the vessels that were on
Browns we're blown across the open sea sixty
miles 70 Georges.
Groups Group requires prompt and
vigorous treatment. or it may speedily
prove fatal On this account no mother
ought ever to be without ipecacuanha-
wine il the house. Directly the metal |
tic cough peculiar to the complaint is
heard, gige the child teaspoonful every
zen 4ainutes till he vomits freely. He IS 4