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A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
1854, Oct. 22. Robinson Crockett, of Brooksville, a ship-car- penter, fell into the hold of the new ship " Wild Cat," at Sibley's Wharf. He was found insensible, and died the same evening.
1855, Oct. 8. Benjamin B. Anderson, a young man from Waldo- boro', received fatal injuries by falling into the hold of a vessel.
1855, Dec. 3. Captain Robert Henderson, aged 80 years, toll-keeper at the upper bridge, was accidentally drowned.
1857, Aug. 9. As a team was unloading at Carter & Co.'s ship- yard, David T. Durham and Gad Hayford, two aged citizens, were severely crushed by a large mast. The injuries sustained by the former resulted in his death.
1857, Sept. 11. Martin Crowell, aged 46 years, was in- stantly killed by falling from an upper loft in the New England IIouse stable.
1858, March 12. As Jere. M., son of J. G. Dickerson, aged 7 years, was playing dominos with other children at his father's house, two fluid lamps were accidentally broken, burning the little boy so badly as to cause his death.
1859, May 2. William Wade, a young man belonging to the English schooner " Sultan," was drowned at the steamboat wharf.
1859, June 18. - Spinney, of Deer Isle, a young man, was drowned in the harbor.
1860, Jan. 21. Alexander Logan, of Waldo, was instantly killed on Beaver Street, by being run over by a stage-coach.
1860, Feb. 15. Bridget Fahy, aged 5 years, was scalded to death.
1860, March 12. Peter Welch, an Irishman, was drowned. His body was found seven weeks afterwards.
1860, Aug. 25. Albert L. Wilder, aged 15 years, was drowned while bathing near Carter & Co.'s ship-yard.
1860, Dec. 11. Cora A. Kelly, aged 4 years, was burnt to death.
1861, June 20. Ralph M. Emery, mate of the ship "Ocean Traveller," was stabbed in Havana, from the effects of which he died. His remains were interred here.1
1862, May 4. Isaac L. Toothaker, of Searsmont, aged 17 years, was knocked over in the harbor by the boom of a sail-boat and drowned.
1863, March 10. Mrs. Peter Welch died from burns caused by her clothes taking fire.
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1863, May 27. A sail-boat capsized in the bay, and Julian Douglas was drowned.
1863, June 14. By the falling of pole in a circus tent, during a high wind, several persons were injured.1
1864, June 23. William Young, aged 43, who lived in the western portion of the city, near Belmont, was instantly killed by falling from a barn.
1864, Aug. 7. Waldo F., son of Colonel Joseph F. Hall, aged 16 years, was drowned in Lincolnville Pond.
1865, June 30. Mrs. Grace Ulmer, wife of Job White, aged 86, residing at Poor's Mills, was caught in the coupling of a revolving shaft, drawn around it, and almost instantly killed.
1865, Oct. 6. Annie B. Wright, aged 7 years, was burnt to death.
1866, Aug. 9. A little son of Lewis A. Knowlton, 10 years old, while running with a head of herd's-grass in his mouth, by some means drew it into his windpipe, from the effects of which he died. During the week, Daniel Blake, a single man, aged about 30, fell into a large cistern at White & Conner's ship-yard, and was drowned. A sailor named Birk was found in Main Street, at midnight, insensible and badly wounded.2
1866, Nov. 7. A son of Matthew Robbins, aged 14, was run over in the street by a dray, and so severely injured that he died in a few hours.
1867, April 25. David M. Patterson, aged 46, was thrown from his team and fatally injured. His horse became unmanage- able from fright at some burning brushwood.
1868, Aug. 14. Sharon E. Banks fell or was thrown from a wagon-load of barrels, and died from his wounds in a few hours. He was aged about 45.
1869, Feb. 24. Gorham G. Blake, of Belfast, was drowned from steamer " Enterprise," on the Sacramento River. He was for- merly an engineer on steamer " Daniel Webster," and attached to the navy during the Rebellion.
1869, April 1. Alexander McDonald, of Nova Scotia, a laborer on the railroad, was injured by a premature blast, and died the next morning.
1869, Sept. 23. Bridget Simmons, aged 47, was drowned by falling into a spring of water at City Point. She had been subject to fits.
1 Age. 2 Ibid.
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1869, Aug. 1. While Rufus P. Hill was riding on the Au- gusta road, with his wife and little girl, the horse became fright- ened by the sting of a bee, and ran away, throwing them all out. Mrs. Hill was severely hurt, and the child, who was five months old, so severely injured as to cause its death.
1870, May 26. James Wood was crushed by being run over by a heavy team.
1870, Nov. 22. The body of Luther Whitney, of Thorndike, was found on the eastern flats. He is supposed to have fallen through the railroad bridge.
1872, Jan. 29. John Y. Stevens, aged 16, who was injured by the bursting of a grindstone in the axe factory of B. Kelley & Co., in October, died from his wounds, after great suffering.
1872, April 26. During a high wind, a wood-shed on the east side of the river blew down, instantly killing Josiah Flagg, who was crushed by the falling timbers. He resided at Mason's Mills, and was aged about 60.
1872, Aug. 25. Martin M. Welch, a sailor belonging in Bel- fast, was seized with insanity in Boston, and during one of his paroxysms jumped from a third-story window, causing his instant death.
1873, Sept. 19. George W. West, aged 27, and unmarried, a son of John West of Belfast, was killed on the Eastern Railroad, on which he was employed.
1873, May 24. The body of Stephen Knowlton, of Belmont, aged about 60, was found floating in the water near Swan & Co.'s Wharf. He was partially insane, and it is unknown whether his death was caused by accident or by suicide.
1873, July 31. Sylvanus Richards, of Belfast, was drowned by falling from a boat on Unity Pond. He was about 30 years of age, and left a family.
1874, May 5. Captain John Roix, of Belfast, mate of the schooner " Florida," was found drowned in the harbor of Jack- sonville, Fla.
1874, July 12. Russell Howard, aged 11, son of Aaron Howard, was drowned near the foot of Allyn Street, by the capsizing of a frail punt.
1874, Sept. 18. Benjamin Eaton, aged 30, was thrown from a stage above a vessel where he was discharging coal, and killed.
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CHAPTER L.
SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS AT SEA.
Brig "Two Brothers " captured by the French. - Sloop "Hero," with Oliver Hills and Wife lost. - Brigs "Illuminator " and "Three Friends " taken by the English. - Captain John Lymburner carried Prisoner to Gibraltar. - Schooner "Superb" blown off. - Paul Giles drowned. - Schooner "Lark." - Steamer "Patent " collides with the "New York." - Captain Robert Emery lost in Portland Harbor. - New Schooner "Lucerne " capsizes in our Bay. - Schooner "New Packet," with a Church Organ, lost. - Wreck of the "Deposit." - Belfast Shipmasters lost or deceased in 1839. - Schooner "Enterprise " wrecked .- Loss of Bark "Wyandot."- Schooner " Thomas " lost. - The "Borneo." - Schooner "Mariner."- Loss of Brig "Falconer." - Bark "Adriatic " collides with Steamship "Lyonnais."- New Ship "Hualco" lost when only Four Hours from Belfast. - Schooner "Magyar."- Fishing Schooner " Foaming Billow " lost, with All on Board. - Ship "Living Age " and Bark "Suliote " bonded by Insurgent Privateers. - Captain Rust and Others of Bark " W. T. Sherman " lost. - Bark "J. U. Brookman." - Brig " Omaha." --- Bark " Mendez " never heard from. -Brig "Sarah."- Captain Thompson swept from her Wreck. - Other Losses and Disasters.
1800. The brig "Two Brothers," built by James and Robert Miller, was captured by the French, and her master, Captain John Lymburner, carried to the West Indies.
1802, Dec. 9. Captain Starrett Patterson, son of Nathaniel Pat terson, aged 28, was lost at sea in a snow-storm off Nantucket Shoals.
1803, Oct. 31. The sloop " Hero," Captain John Lymburner, from Belfast for Boston, with wood, capsized during a gale, near Kittery. Oliver Hills, a passenger, who had recently moved here from Chester, N. H., and built a house near Benjamin Hartshorn's, on the Davistown road, where his son, Robert Hills, lived and died, was drowned. His wife, Margaret McK., who was taken off the wreck, perished from exposure before reaching the shore. A stone over her grave, in the cemetery at Kittery Point, bears the following epitaph : -
MARGARET HILLS, CONSORT OF OLIVER HILLS, Died October 31st, 1803, ÆT. 28.
I lost my life in the raging seas, A sovereign God does as he please: The Kittery friends they did appear, And my remains they buried here.
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1812. The brig " Illuminator," commanded by Captain Robert Patterson, was captured by the British, taken into Halifax, and condemned.
1812. The sloops " Mary " and " Washington " were captured and burnt by the British.
1814. The brig "Three Friends," built in 1810, and owned by Samuel French and Josiah Farrow, was captured by the British, who sent her master, Captain John Lymburner, as a prisoner of war to Gibraltar, where he died March 26, 1815, aged 42. In 1803, he built the Locke house, on the corner of High and Spring Streets.
1820, Oct. 29. The schooner " Industry " was driven, during a gale, from her landing on the east side of the harbor, and nearly wrecked.
1820, Nov. 27. The schooner "Superb," McFarland, from Belfast for Boston, with twenty-one passengers, most of whom were heads of families and belonged here, was blown off, and finally reached Provincetown, Mass., out of water and provisions. She was not heard from for seventeen days, and the whole com- munity was in a state of great anxiety concerning her. Mr. Wil- liam Quimby is the sole survivor of those who were on board.
1821, Dec. 13. While on the passage from St. John, N. B., to Eastport, in a sloop, Mr. Paul Giles, an active and enterprising citizen of Belfast, was drowned. The vessel struck a ledge, in a thick snow-storm ; and Mr. Giles, the captain, and one of the crew, were washed from the wreck. His body was found the following month, and buried at Eastport by the Masonic Fraternity, of which he was a member. Mr. Giles came here from Gilmanton, N. H., about 1800. He built the Angier house, on High Street, in 1802; and, two years after, a house which stood on the site of the North Church. By occupation, he was a tanner, and estab- lished the tannery on the road to the upper bridge, now occupied by Nathan F. Houston. Subsequently, he engaged in the lumber business.
1822, April 11. The schooner " Lark," Hill, from Jamaica for Belfast, capsized during a heavy gale. The master and crew perished. One passenger, after remaining three days on the wreck, was saved by a passing vessel, and carried to Cadiz.1
1823, Feb. 7. The brig " Mary Eliza," Greenlaw, from Boston for Belfast, with a cargo of salt and assorted goods, valued at
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four thousand dollars, went on shore at the entrance of Boothbay Harbor. A portion of the cargo was lost.
1823, Dec. 23. Schooner " Eliza and Nancy," for Boston, with a cargo of fresh provisions, was lost on Moose-Peck Head.
1825, Dec. 13. The sloop "Syren," Captain Ezekiel Burgess, from Belfast for Boston, went ashore near Richmond's Island, bilged, and was abandoned. Mr. Jacob Sleeper, now of Boston, a passenger, was somewhat frozen.
1826, Aug. 30. The steamer "Patent," Captain Cram, which left here in the evening for Portland, with fifty passengers, when near the Bluff, collided with the steam-brig "New York," which was entering the harbor. With scarcely a moment's warning, the boats struck each other. A panic ensued, as it was expected that the " Patent " would immediately sink. Her port-wheel was broken in atoms, the mainmast severed into fragments, -in short, she seemed a complete wreck, when towed back by the "New York." Fortunately, none of the passengers were killed, although many were on deck at the time. One lady was wounded by the falling mast, and others were slightly injured. Several were knocked overboard, but soon rescued. The "New York" was somewhat damaged about the bows. On the following morning, the "New York " started for Eastport. Early in the evening of the same day, she was totally destroyed by fire near Petit Menan. The passengers and crew, between thirty and forty in number, were safely landed on the island by the boats.1
1826, Nov. 28. The schooner "Experiment," owned by John H. Conner and Annas Campbell, went ashore at Monhegan, and was stripped and abandoned.
1828, May 30. Charles McDonald, aged 21, was lost overboard from the brig " Cordelia."
1828, July 23. The sloop " Charles," from Newburyport for Belfast, with a cargo of wagons and corn, was lost on Mosquito Island, St. George.
1829, Feb. 20. The schooner " Harriet and Eliza," owned by John Angier and Salathiel Nickerson, and commanded by the late Jeremiah Merrithew of Searsport, was lost at Eastham, Mass., on her passage from here to New York.
1829, Feb. 21. Captain Robert Emery of Belfast, a worthy and useful citizen, was drowned in Portland harbor, during a storm, while attempting to pass from the schooner " Washington,"
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on board a brig. His body was found a few months afterwards, and buried at Portland. At the time of his decease, he occupied a store on Common Street, where he was engaged in the fishing outfit business. Captain Emery was a native of Boothbay, and came here to reside about 1808. He was a half-brother of Mr. Eben Pierce and of the late Captain David Pierce, both of this place, and the father of Messrs. James and Rufus H. Emery, now residing in Bucksport, of our fellow-citizen Mr. Robert Emery, and of the late Thomas B. Emery, of the custom-house, who died in October, 1871, in the forty-fifth year of his age. His wife was a daughter of George Hopkins, who came here in the early part of this century, and built the house at the intersection of Main and High Streets, well known for a long time as the Huse Tavern, or Maine Hotel.1
1829, June 21. Benjamin Richards, a hand on board schooner " Prudence," was knocked overboard when off Isle au Haut, and drowned.
1829, Oct. 9. Captain Ezra Ryan was drowned in Boston harbor.
1829, Oct. Doane Baddershall (otherwise called Pattershall), aged about 50, was drowned from a vessel, near Cape Ann.
1829, May 5. The new schooner "Lucerne," having a pleas- ure-party of some seventy-five persons on board, capsized when about one mile east of the monument, during a sudden flaw, hav- ing no ballast, and all sails set. The accident occurred in full sight from the village, while many persons were looking at her as she glided through the water. Much anxiety and alarm were felt, and three vessels were immediately despatched to the rescue. The Castine packet, Captain Isaiah Skinner, was fortunately near the " Lucerne " at the time. No one was lost, or even injured.2
1830, May 22. John P. Williams, aged 13, son of Captain John Williams, was lost overboard from the sloop " Victory," in Penobscot Bay.
1830, Dec. 4. The schooner " Minerva," from Boston for Bel- fast, went ashore at Cape Ann and was lost.
1830, Dec. Captain Robert Patterson, 4th, son of James Patterson, one of the original settlers, was lost at sea, on his pas- sage to Cuba, aged 54.
1834, June 6. The schooner "Caroline," Hinds, was lost on Cape Cod.
1 Crosby's Annals.
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1835, June 5. The schooner " New Packet," from Newbury- port for Belfast, went ashore near Franklin Island, having in thick weather mistaken the light for Monhegan. The vessel and cargo were lost, the passengers and crew reaching land with great difficulty. An organ for the Unitarian Church formed a part of the cargo.
1835, Dec. 24. The Steamer "Patent," on the passage to Bos- ton, lost both chimneys, and reached Gloucester in distress.
1837, Aug. At St. Thomas, during a hurricane, the brig "Odeon," Simpson, was totally lost, with three of her crew.
1839, Aug. 31. The schooner " Three Brothers " went ashore at Peter's Island, N. S., and was lost.
1839, Sept. 6. The schooner " Prospect," Warren, parted her cables in Tarpaulin Cove, and was wrecked. Her crew escaped in the boats.
1839, Sept. The schooner " Oneco," Peachey, was abandoned at sea. She was after fallen in with off Hatteras, and one man was reported as lashed to the rigging, but dead.
1839, Dec. 15. The schooner "Deposit," of and from Belfast, went ashore at midnight in Ipswich Bay, and four of the seven persons on board perished from cold and exposure. Those lost were Simon G. Cottrill, the master, aged 28 years; Albert, son of William Durham, aged 19, both of Belfast ; and two sea- men. The captain's wife was a passenger; and she, with the other survivors, was rescued by the light-house keeper and others, who boarded the vessel at the risk of their lives. Captain Cottrill exerted himself to the utmost to save his wife, and, after lashing her to the rigging, sank exhausted before assistance reached the wreck. The bodies were recovered, and interred at Ipswich. Sixteen sea captains attended the funeral as bearers.
During the same gale, the schooner " Boston," from Belfast for Salem, was totally lost, and the schooners " Charlotte " and " Mary Frances," from Belfast, went ashore at Gloucester.
" Belfast has suffered severely since spring," remarked the "Journal " of December 26, " among that class of her population who go down to the sea in ships. We have lost seven masters of vessels, besides many mates and sailors. Captain Joseph Houston died at St. Augustine, of yellow fever; Captain James Cunning- ham and Ambrose Farrow, in the West Indies, of the same dis- ease ; Captain Thomas F. Patterson, of yellow fever contracted in Cuba ; Captain William O. Greely, who was probably killed by
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pirates in the Gulf of Mexico, in February last ; Captain Philip Eastman, in Hampton Roads, of brain disease; and recently Cap- tain Cottrill, who perished in the late dreadful gale. All these men were young, active, and much respected."
1840, Sept. 5. The schooner " Rodney," of and from Belfast for Boston, was lost in Barnstable Bay, Mass., with all hands ; viz., Captain Elias Libby, John O'Neal, Grancelo Thurston, and a col- ored man, whose name was unknown.
1840, Dec. 6. The brig " Cashier," from Belfast, was stranded on Chelsea Beach, and, taking fire from her cargo of lime, became nearly a total loss.
1841, May 27. News was received of the loss of the schooner "Superior," near St. Domingo.
1841, Dec. 23. The schooner " Antares," of and from Belfast for Salem, went ashore on Kittery Point, and was totally lost.
1841. In October, the fishing-schooner "Two Sons," with a crew of nine men, sailed, and was never heard from.
1841, Nov. 5. Joseph Freathy was lost overboard from schooner " Mary Frances."
1841. James G. Hall, aged 34, son of Josiah Hall, was drowned off Cape Cod.
1842, Feb. 17. During a severe gale, several vessels in the harbor were driven ashore. The schooners " President Jackson," " Ontario," and " Aurora " were injured at their wharves.
1842, Nov. 19. The schooner "Enterprise," Captain John Shute, was lost at sea, with all on board. Silas Reed and John McDonald, two of the crew, belonged here. The wreck was after- wards boarded by the keeper of Mt. Desert light.
1842, Nov. 30. The schooner " Morning Star," Hodgdon, from Belfast for Salem, was totally lost near Hyannis. The crew and a lady passenger landed in safety.
1842, Dec. 1. The brig "Gallio," of Belfast, at Boston was broken adrift by collision with other vessels, and had her stern cut down to the water's edge.
1842, Dec. 1. The schooner " Sally," from Belfast for Boston, was driven ashore at Owl's Head, and went to pieces.
1842. The bark " Wyandot," of Belfast, sailed from Cam- peachy for Bremen on the 13th of August, and was never heard from. Otis Skinner and - Durham, son of Jonathan Durham, both of Belfast, were her mates.
1843, March 17. The schooner " Thomas," Sprowle, from Bel-
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fast for Boston, during a gale struck on Lynn Beach. The crew and passengers, seven in number, left the vessel in a boat, which almost immediately swamped, and five of them -viz., William Russell, Wilford Chapman, Robert Harvey, Daniel Wheeler, and Henry Ford - perished. Captain Sprowle and Rufus Chapman were saved in an exhausted condition. A life-boat would have rescued all in a few minutes.
1843, June 5. The schooner "Juno," of and for Belfast, from New York, struck on Hallett's Point, and sank.
1844, Sept. 13. The schooner " Borneo," George S. Durham, from Belfast for Bermuda, was capsized, and the captain washed over on the day after the disaster. E. Wilson, Jr., supercargo, Lucius Stephenson, mate, Chandler Mahoney and Anson E. Dur- ham, seamen, and Stephen Murch, cook, remained seven days on the wreck, subsisting on raw potatoes. They were taken off by Venezuelan brig, " Caroline."
1845, June 20. The brig " Porto Rico " was abandoned at sea, but afterwards brought into New York by some pilots.
1845, Nov. 11. The brig "Araxene," Captain William McClin- tock, for Philadelphia, with ice, carried away her masts during a gale, and was abandoned at sea.
1845, Dec. 25. The schooner " Elizabeth," of and from Belfast for Salem, went ashore at Rye Beach, and was wrecked.
1846, April 25. On the passage to Havana, William Patterson, mate of the brig " Charles Edward," was knocked overboard and lost.
1846. The schooner "Mariner," owned by Captain Robert Patterson, sailed from Tarpaulin Cove for Philadelphia, Septem- ber 2d, and was never heard from. Two sons of the owner, George W. and David F. Patterson, Joshua Durham, and John B. Haskell, all of Belfast, were on board.
1846, Oct. 15. John S. Durham, son of Jonathan Durham, and second mate of the brig " Tonquin," was crushed by a crane at Baga, while loading molasses, and died on the 24th.
1846, Nov. 13. F. W. Wormell, aged 22, first mate of the schooner " Coral," was lost overboard near Cape Elizabeth.
1847, Sept. 24. Captain Peirce, of the brig "Columbia," was knocked overboard near Newcastle, Del., and drowned. His body was recovered.
1847, Oct. 26. The schooner "Florian," Captain Thomas D. Toothaker, from New York for Boston, capsized near Long Island, and sank.
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1847, Dec. 18. The brig " Falconer," Captain Joseph Rolerson, of Belfast, from St. John for Boston, with forty-five passengers, was totally lost in Ipswich Bay. Captain Rolerson, his wife and son Charles, were among the seventeen who perished from cold and exposure. Their bodies were brought home, and interred on the 2d of January, from the Universalist Church, under the direc- tion of the Odd Fellows, of whom Captain Rolerson was a member.
1848, Feb. 19. Joseph Abbot, aged 16, son of Otho Abbot, was lost on the passage from New York to Bermuda.
1848, May 1. The brig "Judge Mitchell" sailed from Phila- delphia for Boston, and was never heard from.
1848, Aug. 20. The brig " Huron," in ballast, was capsized off Cape Cod, abandoned, and afterwards went ashore. The crew reached Nantucket in a boat with only one oar. There was an insurance of $7,000.
1848, Sept. -. Peter Smith, mate of the brig "Charles Edward," was washed over on a voyage from Picton to Belfast.
1848, Nov. 18. The schooner " Major Ringgold," Captain Jesse Townsend, was lost on Nahant. She was a new vessel, and un- insured.
1849, Jan. 2. The sloop "Spy," Captain Carter, from Belfast for Salem, was wrecked on Egg Rock. The crew and passengers, seven in number, succeeded in landing on the rock, where they remained thirty hours.
1849, May 20. The bark "Oakes Angier," of Belfast, Drink- water, from Philadelphia for Cienfuegos, was wrecked on one of the Bahamas.
1849, April 2. The schooner "Ontario," of and from Belfast for Boston, was burnt off Cape Ann.
1850, Sept. 19. The fishing schooner "Sarah and Mary," of Belfast, was run into and lost off Cape Elizabeth. All on board except the cook were saved.
1850, Nov. 3. Lost overboard from schooner "Melrose," off Cape Hatteras, Seth T. Carson, of Belfast.
1851, Feb. 10. The sloop " Sarah," Dennett, from Belfast for Rockland, with a cargo of molasses belonging to Reuben Sibley, was wrecked near the latter place.
1851, Feb. -. Brig " San Jacinto," Carlton, was lost on Hum- boldt Bar, Cal.
1851, July 18. The brig " Adams," of Belfast, was lost near New Inlet.
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1852, June 30. On her trip from Bangor, the steamer "Gover- nor" went on shore at the old steamboat landing, during a dense fog, and at low water was high and dry. She floated at the next tide, with trifling damage.
1852, Nov. 20. Captain Toothaker, master of schooner "Judge Tenney," was drowned off Block Island.
1853. The schooner "Tippecanoe," Captain Shubael W. Cottrill, of Belfast, was wrecked on Norton's Island, near White Head.
1853, Jan. 1. The schooner "P. Patterson " capsized on the passage from Boston to Wilmington, N. C., and was abandoned.
1854, Aug. 19. The steamer " Daniel Webster " collided with the brig "Lady of the Lake," at anchor off Minister's Point, in- juring the latter, and causing the steamer to leak. The morning was foggy.
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