Thanks to Norma Brown for submitting the following information:
From Vital Stats from NB Newspapers, v 49, #893, St. Andrews Bay Pilot, iss. 17 Apr 1879:
"Editor of Bay Pilot: Dear Sir, Below I hand you a list of the young men belonging to this Island that were lost in the Great Gale on Georges Banks this winter; also the loss of four more, two on the Western Banks in the same Gale, one by the upsetting of a dory while fishing on the banks last June and one by the upsetting of a dory last week at Bliss Harbour, all engaged in the Gloucester Fisheries. Leonard REYNOLDS, Thaddeus STIMPSON, Robt. REYNOLDS, John BATSON, Lorenzo CHUTE; on Georges: William WILSON, Wm CHUTE; on Western Banks: Sylvester MITCHELL, lost in June; David B. TINKER at Bliss Harbour. (Yours truly) Henry Swires, Welchpool, Campobello, 2nd April."
Searching the Out of Gloucester site showed that Leonard (Seward) Reynolds, Robert Reynolds, John Batson and Lorenzo Chute were part of a crew of 11 men on the "Lottie F. Batson". William C. Wilson (of Maine) and William Chute were part of a 14 man crew on the "Gwendolen". Thaddeus Stimpson was one of a crew of 10 men lost when the Morning Star was lost. 14 fishing schooners were lost in the gales of Feb 1879.
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