The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-03
on Tho orano Banks.

There Is 10 modern industry thst cause
more sofl,rios aud death 10 proportion I,
tbs number engaged 10 II than the Ash 10,
on the Grand Banks. neither is there spl
the daily record OF which is more inepi
ing story Of hctalsm and seli-sscri6cs. o.
the Grand Banks. those vast submsrln,
shoals which lie about one hundred ni,el
oil tho east oi Newfoundland, there gait
er every year some twelve hundred We,
sels c,rrying twenty thousand men OF
more. A writer 10 Ftsnk Lsslis's Popu
lar Monthly describes the a,hermsn's IN,
at the Banks as follows:
Tho oaptil and cook remain on board
while the res, OF The Grew, Eumbsrips
snywhe'e from twelve to twenty mer, %
ont daily lev miles from the ship Ia
dories TO set tbs travis. The dories ere
6,t-bo,ton boats go b1ill tha. they ''nest'
into each other hks cheese.boIes when
they are piei up on the vessels deck.
They carry Two men esob, each OF whom
works . psir OF osrs. and, trail skifIs ss
they ere, they make splendid weather
when we'll handled.
The travis. which are long liues with
hooks attacked 10 them ut iotervale. are
overtsuled and baited every morning by
the men, aud the Ash carried back in the
dories to The ship. there 10 be cleaned
and salted.
The perils Of this tind OF fishing are
very real aud carv ersss not only 10 the
vessels from sbe sudden and violent storm
which sweep that part OF the sea, and from
the ocean liners rsclng through fogs across
these anchorage grounds, hut still more
to tie men 10 their dories looking after
the travis. II happens sgsin and again
during every season that fisherman. separ
s,ed from their schooner by eudden fquslls
and lost 10 the waste OF wsters. driit about
for dsys. suffering from cold, hnuser and
every attendant misery; and often perish
misersbly or sre permanently crippled
from irost-hite.
There is no isck on the Banks OF stories
OF quick scts OF heroism or tsleB OF snner
ing Daring . iurious gale on the Banks
Henry George. o,e OF the crew OF the
Newfoundland schooner Pioneer, WAS
swept overheard by . wave. A comrsde,
Joseph Mooney. grabbed bait plank ss .
support and sprsos after him. numbered
though be was with bis oil clothes and see
boots, Mooney Grst worked OIL bis foot.
gear and then bis coat, and swan for bis
shum. George vas H,ating unconscious
on the surface OF the water, having been
thrown against the bulvark and mart as be
wss q ing over tie tide.
After q long struggle Mooney reached
him and eripped him by the collsr with
one hand. while with the other he held
The irsii plank 10 position between them.
10 this perilous plight the two men re
msined for three hours. un'il the scboon
81 was able to beat back 10 them. The
sea vas RAINING mountains hisb. snd II
wss feared dory conld not live 10 il.
To lessen the risk for the skff and the
men 10 the water, the schooner had to be
ron dosn almost sheer upon the men. and
'hen a dory was launched bodily by .
mighty hesve by the rest Of toe crew. and
o the "iuli" created under the shslterinp
ee OF the craft tbs reto1e wss accomplish
ID.
George bad not recovered consciousness
md lay like log, Mooney vas st the
set gasp. BE 4 not only srd ,red the
.ufis ting OF the waves sud the chill Of the
,old. but besides tbs ajrt OF keeping bic
on the pl.pk he bad had TO swim
most OF the tims. He tainted when be yes
ragged in.c tho tost. but his grip wss
10 tight on bis compsnion's collar that
lis fneem had TO be pried open With
nsrlinspike.