New-York tribune., 1911-03-13
UNUSUAL CRAFT ARRIVES.
Like of British Steam 1raWler
Coquet Never Seen Here.
DRIVEN FROM BANKS BY ICE
Brings $4,000 Pounds Of Fresh
Fish Dragged Up from Bottom
of the Sea.

A Erimv but formidable looking craft, the
like Of which has never entered This har-
Dor. came in from 'ha sea yesterday and
made fast 10 a pier at Fulton Market with
some twelve thousand pounds NJ fresh fish
In her hold The stranger was the British
steam trsvlAr CoGuet. which left Aber-
deem. Scotland. last August on an expert
mental fishing trip Oft the banks Of New
foundland She uas built as al experiment.
her owner said yesterday. and her arrival
az this port is an accident which vas
thrust upon her owners bv the Pack ice AZ
Cape Breton
The Coquet had had hard tim. NJ IL on
the banks. She showed II yesterday when
she tied Up az Fulton Market. In various
places where the rust and stains os the sea
had nor marked her one could see that she
had displayed ar one time a goodly coat
OF drab. such as is worn hv nleu-of-rar.
The Conuet Is no common travl-r. She
does NOT bother With the fsh that swim
high. Her mission is 10 drag her big net
along the oceans bottom. where the plump
conservative monsters Of the deep are
prone TO hide. and depth matters little 70
her.
fPNU III IHl l'i1 lNS'PTQtN NFlS blS it-il
that were hauled M from the bottom. some
eighteen hundred feet below her decks
once the skipper hauled in the body Of a
boy in his net. and when he threw him
overheard he found the lad would not sink
Finally .s hauled the BODY ~ the deck and
sent II down made fast 70 a CRATE bar.
The Coquet Is made of steel and is III
feet long She lies low in the water aft.
while her bow Is high and blunt. She has
n 2l-foot beam and a draft of a feet, and
her decks are covered with the machinery
used In the deep sea trawling. She carries
one hundred tons OF coal. and besides this
can carry one hundred tons % fish. Her
speed is about ten knots. and with thi.
power she crossed from Aberdeen 10 the
banks in twelve DAYS
All went well with the Coquet in her fish.
ing experiments until January ,. when she
got into 2 blizzard off Sable Island that
made Captain Sheekey and his crew Of ten
believe that the end ~ tho British steam
trawler was close at hand For fifteen
hours entirely Lost ~ control she was
blown before a stiff northeaster that froze
NJ everything aboard except tho skipper
and his crew and big Newfoundland dog
and the trawlers engines.
The weather was - degrees below zero,
and every hit OF spindrift that blew aboard
came 70 stay and frozo hard to whatever
II chanced 10 strike. By the time the
blizzard was over the identity of the Coquet
was lost in some one hundred tons OF ice
that had come aboard I'm the form of spray.
The steam whistle. the bridge telegraph.
two compasses. all the deck vinches.
water pipes and gas pipes had frozen. and
the crew had 20 keep within and let the
trawler drift
When the gale abated the men came out
with axes and buckets Of hot water. and
after twenty-four hours work got the
trawle- again in working order. After this
she resumed her fishing. but, running out
Of coal put into Lewisburg. Cape Breton.
for supply After getting II she headed
for the banks, but the pack ice held her
of and forced her 20 come to this port
with her catch.
II Frank Craig, the Coquets owner, gets
a good price for his FISH he may bring the
trawler again to this port TO sell his wares.