January 12, 2003

1. Two names added to Lunenburg Memorial - John Ralph Spindler lost 2001 and Albert Allan Warren lost 2002.

2. Photograph of Albert Allan Warren, courtesy his widow, Linda Warren.

Lunenburg Memorial Photographs:

3. Photograph of Christopher D. Tanner, lost from the Sharon Dawn II 1969, courtesy his mother, Amy Tanner.

4. Photograph of C. Edwin Backman, lost with the W. Cortada in 1915, courtesy his granddaughter, Annie May Backman.

5. Photograph of Kenneth Wayne Purdy, lost with the Cape Aspy in 1993, courtesy Linda Warren.

6. Photograph of Melvin "Kelly" Thorne, lost from the Cape Fame in 1990, courtesy Linda Warren.

7. Photograph of Leon Lemuel Tanner, lost lobstering 1979, courtesy Marolyn Mullins Morash.

8. Photograph of Merrill Fred Wagner, lost under unknown circumstances (possibly lobstering) 1967, courtesy Marolyn Mullins Morash.

9. Photograph of Captain Stannage Diego Oickle, lost with the Matanzas in 1917, courtesy his granddaughter, Janet Oickle Heisler.

10. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 2 names (LACE, McCARTHY).

11. Photograph of Norman Lace, courtesy his son, Calvin Lace.

12. Photograph of: Daniel McCarthy courtesy his widow, via John Hackett.

13. Photograph of Roger Hyde, lost from the Atlantic Elizabeth in 1987, courtesy his widow Marie, via John Hackett.

14. Photograph of Captain Peter Hickey, lost with the Cape Bonnie in 1967, courtesy his widow Effie Hickey, via John Hackett.

16. Photographs of the Memorial at Petit de Grat, NS, courtesy William Boudreau.

17. Photograph of Andrew Faye, lost with the Mary O'Hara in 1941, courtesy his daughter-in-law, Marjorie Faye, via his grandson, Donald Faye.

1. Photograph of Ernest Power, lost with the trawler Reliance in 1966 - courtesy Mercedes Power Malloy, his sister.

2. Photograph of Captain Joseph Calvin Lohnes, lost from the schooner Ruby L. Pentz in 1920 - courtesy Maxwell Lohnes, his great-nephew.

1. Photograph of William Ennis, lost with the schooner Commonwealth in 1927 - courtesy Jerome Ennis & Rita Ennis Clowe, his grandchildren.

2. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 2 names ( MYLES), courtesy John Hackett, who also sent photographs of: Samuel James Hynes courtesy his son, Andrew Hynes; William Myles courtesy his brother Austin Myles.

1. Photograph of Charles A Zwicker, lost with the schooner Iona W. in 1913 - courtesy Pearl Zwicker Mangone, his niece.

2. Photograph of Grace Darling Zwicker Andrews, widow of Samuel Andrews lost with the schooner Uda R. Corkum in 1927 - courtesy Pearl Zwicker Mangone, her sister. The whole Sam Andrews family is now pictured.

1. Photograph of Captain Daniel Carmichael, lost from the steamer Machinery in 1930 - courtesy Paul Carmichael, his grandson.

2. The Hungry Sea: 1930 account of the loss of Captain Daniel Carmichael.

1. Photograph of Samuel James Carter, lost with the Carolyn A in 1968 - courtesy Minnie Carter MacKeigan, his daughter.

2. The Hungry Sea: 1968 account of the loss of the Carolyn A..

3. The Hungry Sea: 1914 account of the loss of the Abana.

4. The Hungry Sea: 1931 account of the loss of the Newfoundland sealer S.S. Viking.

5. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 1 name (CARTER).

6. Nova Scotia losses: added 2 names (FAJARDO, SIMOES) to Cape Breton County.

1. Photograph of Samuel J. Crocker, lost with the Joyce M. Smith in the August Gales of 1927 - courtesy Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic.

2. Photograph of Delbé d'Entremont, lost from the Manasquan in 1968 - courtesy Jeannine Muise d'Entremont Amirault, his widow.

2. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 21 names, 15 lost with the Effie M. in 1907 and 6 lost with the President Coaker in 1924.

3. The Hungry Sea: 1907 account of the loss of the schooner Effie M..

1. Photograph of George Burbridge, lost with the Joyce M. Smith in the August Gales of 1927 - courtesy George Baker and Frank Brinston, his great nephew.

2. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 19 names, all courtesy John Hackett, who also sent us photographs of: George Barnes courtesy his mother, Sarah Barnes; William John Barnes courtesy his widow, Margaret Barnes and Donald Clyde Kearley courtesy his widow, Doreen Kearley.

1. One man, David A. Donaldson, on the Argyle Sound Memorial matched to circumstances of his loss with the Miss Charity - courtesy Shelley Donaldson Leblanc, his widow.

2. Photograph of David A. Donaldson on the Argyle Sound Memorial - courtesy Shelley Donaldson Leblanc, his widow.

3. The personal story about the loss of the three men with the Miss Charity on Christmas Eve 1990 added to Personal Recollections

4. Nova Scotia losses: added 1 name (D'EON) to Yarmouth Co. losses.

5. Photograph of Captain Byard Powell on the Digby Memorial, lost 1930 with the Grace Hankinson - courtesy Peter Tedlie, his great grandson.

6. The Hungry Sea: 1943 account of the loss of Captain Harold Corkum.

1. Prince Edward Island losses: added 4 names (LANIGAN, PLAISDELL, WILSON, WOLFE).

2. One man, Joseph Lane, on the Souris Memorial matched to circumstances of his loss with the Abana - courtesy Rosemary Barbour, his great-granddaughter.

3. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 1 name (WOLFE).

1. Photograph of the Lockeport boat Wilma Rose III lost 1967 with 3 crew - courtesy Sterling Stephens, son of one of the crew lost.

2. New Brunswick losses: added 1 name (LAYTON).

3. Photograph of the S.S.Florizel added to the account of her sinking.

4. S.S. Florizel crew losses 1918: 17 names added to Newfoundland & Labrador losses; 13 names added to New York State losses: 1 name added to Scotland losses; 2 names added to England losses; 2 names added to Nova Scotia losses (Halifax County) and (Richmond County)

5. Nova Scotia losses: added 1 name (CLEMENTS) to Yarmouth Co. losses.

6. Home from the Sea - the loss of the Newfoundland barquentine Czarina in 1923.

1. Photograph (and additional information) added of Howard March lost 1982, on Lunenburg Memorial - courtesy Mary March Retieffe, his daughter.

2. The Hungry Sea: 1918 account of the sinking of the Newfoundland steamer S.S. Florizel.

1. The Way it Was: 1929 - A four-part series of news reports in the St. John's NF Daily News concerning the tsunami which swept the Burin Peninsula in November.

2. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 5 names (CAINES, CHAULK, HEFFERMAN, LAWRENCE, SPENCER) of men lost in 1978 with the Barracudina to Newfoundland & Labrador losses - courtesy Emanuel Caines jr, son of the lost engineer.

3. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 3 names (HERRIDGE, RIDEOUT, TAYLOR) of men lost in 1918 with the Geneva Herridge to Newfoundland & Labrador losses - courtesy Jean Hawkins, granddaughter of the lost captain.

4. The Hungry Sea: 1885 account of loss of Captain Alfred Amero; 1890 account of the loss of Vincent Muise; 1895 account of the loss of John Meuse and Charles Bouchie; 1920 account of loss of Michael Drake and F. Tipple..

5. As a result of news articles:

· one man, Vincent Muise, on the Surette's Island Memorial matched to circumstances of his loss.

· Nova Scotia losses: added 2 names (AMERO, MUISE) to Yarmouth Co. losses.

· Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 2 names (DRAKE, TIPPLE) of men lost in 1920 with the M.F.B. to Newfoundland & Labrador losses.

1. Sealing in the Southern Hemisphere and Personal Recollections - Musquodobit Harbour NS seal hunter Frank Young's recollection of a difficult trip on the Beatrice L. Corkum in 1905/6.

2. Sealing in the Southern Hemisphere and The Way it Was - Prospect NS seal hunters, Louis and James Christian's claims for compensation under the Pelagic Sealing Treaty of 1911 - interesting records of trips, number of pelts taken, amount of money made per skin.

1. The Way it Was: 1912 - The Fishing Industry of Lunenburg County; 1926 - The Fishermen's farewell [church] service

1. Nova Scotia losses: added 1 name (McLAUGHLIN) to Annapolis Co. losses; 5 names (COLLI(Y)ER, GERRARDs, HARTLIN, LEVY) to Halifax Co. losses. Photograph of Collier tombstone added.

2. The Hungry Sea: 1894 news account of the loss of Capt. McLaughlin of Annapolis Co. and William Gidney of Digby Co.; 1910 account of the loss of John Collyer; 1931 account of the loss of Arthur Johnson, both of Halifax Co.; 1971 account of the loss of Reginald Jordan, Digby Co.

1. The year 2001 has had its share of losses. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 1 name (FORWARD) to Newfoundland & Labrador losses; Nova Scotia losses: added 1 name (BOUTILIER) to Halifax Co. losses; 1 name (CORMIER) to Inverness Co. losses; 1 name (SPINDLER) to Lunenburg Co. losses; 1 name (ROACHE) to Shelburne Co. losses..

2. The Hungry Sea: 1999 news account loss of Stacy Hudson; 2001 news accounts - loss of Jane Boutilier (Halifax NS), Daniel Ronnie Cormier (Inverness Co. NS), Garfield Forward (Newfoundland), Jonathan Roache (Shelburne Co. NS) and Jack Spindler (Lunenburg Co. NS).

1. The Hungry Sea: 1941 news account of the J.M. Marshall losses; 1960 news account of the loss of Bernard Charles Fitzgerald.

2. As a result of news articles: Nova Scotia losses: added 1 name (FITZGERALD) to Yarmouth Co. losses.

3. In recognition of the start of the Lobster Season in South Shore Nova Scotia this past week - a photo essay about Dumping Day.

4. A number of new links added to Fishing, Oceanography, Marine & Maritime Links .

1. The Hungry Sea: 1946 news account of the loss of Henri Muise; 1949 account of the loss of Louis Nazaire Muise. Both accounts are "en fran&#231ais" - click on "translation" for English.

2. As a result of these two articles, the circumstances of loss for two men listed on the Surette's Island Memorial have been found.

3. Newfoundland & Labrador losses: added 17 names of men and boys lost in 1916 to Newfoundland & Labrador losses - courtesy Chris Shelley's permitted transcriptions from the St. John's Daily News.

1. The Hungry Sea: 1908 news account of the loss of John Lockwood; 1917 account of the loss of Raymond Surrette; 1960 account of the loss of Norman Scoville; 1998 account of the loss of Andre Hickey.

2. Photograph added of Andre Hickey lost 1993, on Lunenburg Memorial - courtesy Kelly Hickey, his widow.

3. As result of news articles: Nova Scotia losses: added 2 names (SCOVILLE, SURRETTE) to Yarmouth Co. losses; 1 name (LOCKWOOD) to Nova Scotia Unknown Co..

1. The Way it Was during World War II: 1943, 1944, 1945 in Canada (World Rationing Plan for Salt Fish, Lunenburg Salt Fish Catch 1943, Fishermen Help Save Cargo from Liberty Ship), Newfoundland (Plans Fresh Fish Trade after the War) and France (French trawlers coming back to Banks after 4 years).

1. The Hungry Sea: 1927 news account about the loss of the Commonwealth and nine of her crew.

2. The Way it Was: 1938 (Lunenburg Salt Fishing Season statistics) and 1944 (Draggers and Longliners introduced in Nova Scotia)..

1. Quebec & Îles-de-la-Madeleine losses: added another 69 names to Quebec & Îles-de-la-Madeleine losses - courtesy Dennis Boudreau.

2. Norway losses: added 2 names to Norway losses - courtesy Dennis Boudreau.

3. Maine losses: added 15 names to Maine losses - courtesy Dennis Boudreau.

4. Memorial, with photographs, in L'Étang-du-Nord, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Qu&#233bec added to Memorials.

5. Photograph of the crew of the Isabelle Parker in 1927 added to Old Photographs On Board - courtesy Tanya MacKenzie.

6. Nova Scotia losses: added 2 names (GEHUE, NICKERSON) to Yarmouth Co. losses - courtesy Carol Davis; 1 name (MARTELL) to Cape Breton Co. losses - courtesy Ron Martell.

1. Quebec & Îles-de-la-Madeleine losses: added another 25 names of Madelinots to Quebec & Îles-de-la-Madeleine losses - courtesy Dennis Boudreau.

1. News accounts concerning Lunenburg County men lost in 1908, 1916, 1931, 1934, 1935 (2) added to The Hungry Sea.

2. The Aftermath: Widow, age 41, of John M. Smith lost in 1933 dies exactly 5 weeks later of 'a broken heart'.

1. News accounts concerning Lunenburg County and Newfoundland men lost in 1921, 1933, 1935, 1948 (2), 1954 added to The Hungry Sea.

2. As result of above: Nova Scotia losses: added 1 name (MASON) to Lunenburg Co. losses - courtesy Max Lohnes.

1. The Clayton W. Walters gallery of photographs of the men lost on that schooner in the August Gales of 1927 is added - 14 photographs in total.

1. The Joyce M. Smith gallery of photographs of the men lost on that schooner in the August Gales of 1927 is added - 8 photographs in total.

1. The Uda R. Corkum gallery of photographs of the men and boys lost on that schooner in the August Gales of 1927 is added - 13 photographs in total.

2. Photograph of Gerald Zinck and brief news account of his loss in 1984 from the scalloper Miss Reba O added to The Hungry Sea - courtesy Clark Zinck, his brother.

3. Photograph of Charles Hancock lost in 1993 with the scalloper Cape Aspy added - courtesy Shawn Hancock, his son.

1. The Columbia gallery of photographs of the men and boy lost on that schooner in the August Gales of 1927 is added - 9 photographs in total.

2. Nova Scotia losses: added 4 names (MARTELLs) to Cape Breton Co. losses - courtesy Ron Martell.

3. News account about a loss in 1928 from the Bluenose added to The Hungry Sea; Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports about losses in 1993 added to The Hungry Sea.

1. The Sadie A. Knickle and the Sylvia Mosher galleries of photographs of the men and boys lost on those schooners in the August Gales of 1926 are added - 28 photographs in total.

2. Stories of the sinking of the Massachusetts lobster boat Fair Wind lost with 3 crew members and the loss of one crew member from the Sea Fever in November 1980. Also a number of news clippings about 20-year-old David Berry, one of the crew lost on the Fair Wind - all courtesy Nancy Antonich.

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