The sun., 1903-12-20
BOSSMACKEREL MANS ILLLUCK
CAPT. SOL JACOBS HAS LOST MS
FOURTH VESSEL.
Famous as the Most Successful Fisherman
sailing Out OF Gloucester-Yet III Luck
Has Followed Him a. Skippcr-FOr'
tunes Won and Lost on the Deep Sea.

sailing Out OF GlOucester-Yet iii LUCK
Has Followed Him a. q Skippcr-FOr.
tunes Won and Lost on the Deep Sea.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Dec. 19-When the
news came from Newfoundland on Wednes-
day last that the fishing steamer Alice
Jacobs had been lost on Cape Race, there
were many expressions Of regret heard
among the sailormen OF this port, for no
man is better liked by the people who fol-
low the sea for a livelihood than Capt. Sol
Jacobs, the vessel g owner and master
For years he has been boss matkerel
fisherman in the waters Of the North At
lantic, and although misfortune has eventu-
ally befallen him in every vessel that he
has owned or commanded, he has never
had any trouble in shipping crew OF ex-
pert fishermen, for the earnings OF his
various craft have been among the thou
sands every season and the men always
share in them.
This is the fourth time Capt Jacobs has
lost his vessel. and although the steamer
was we'll insured her owner will be severely
handicapped in getting another to take her
place. Fortune after fortune has been
made by The skipper, only to be lost by
is always ready to begin all over again and
doubtless he Is now Planning craft that
will be superior to the one just lost.
He made what the fishermen call big
fortune years ago and then conceived the
idea of fishing in Pacific waters. Pur.
chasing Gloucester sen schooner. ne sailed "a
was landing big fares of fish in San Fran
cisco.
Fortune frowned upon him after time
! and he sank every dollar he had. Nothing
damned, he came baek to Gloucester, built
starred of for the Irish coast, having heard
thai mac x ,rel were plenty there.
His was the first American craft to in
wade the Irish fishing grounds; and. with
improved methods, he made some marvel
lous catches, but once mere lost his vessel
Again he returned to this fishing city
and while his friends were running to his
home to condole with him, he was busy
with the plans for the first large auxiliary
fishing schooner known. He had found
that sometimes money was lost when the
wind was fiat and he determined to have
craft in which he could get 10 port with
his catch, wind or no wind.
So he built the Helen Miller Gould, and for
several seasons he made big money Tor
himself and his crew, landing huge fares
of mackerel in New York and Boston. One
night when the Gould was at anchor in the
tank began to leak ana when one OF the crew
struck match the fumes took fiIe and
in a minute or two the schooner was mass
OF flames and became total wreck.
Before he reached home Capt. Jacobs
had planned another new departure in the
fishing business and last year the Alice
jacobs, the only fishing steamer Of any
size in North Atlantic waters, was built
and launched at Essex. In the Jacobs
he continued to hold the record as the high
line mackerel fisherman Of the feet and the
craft paid for herself over and over again.
Last Saturday the jacobs left Gloucester
for q cargo Of frozen herring In Newfound.
land. and it was on this trip that She went
ashore. AA1
The first catch Of mackerel last sa6son
was made by the Jacobs and twice dun ing
that season she established new records
On Sept. IL she brought in 80 900 barrels
of fresh mackerel and hundreds Of barre
of salt fish, which were sold for Sll 600
The fare preceding that brought $4,000
and the vessel was vt only few days.