From http://www.downtosea.com/1901-1925/1913.htm, web site for fishing vessels out of Gloucester, Massachusetts:
June 17th 1913 - Sch. Olympia, 77.84 tons gross, 50.28 tons net, built in Essex in 1899 and owned by Sylvanus Smith & Co., Inc., employed in the salt cod fishery, was run down by the Warren ocean liner Sagamore in a dense fog off Sable Island and sunk at once. Eight of the crew were saved by climbing the fore rigging and jumping to the steamer's deck and six were drowned. Those lost are: John A. Daggett, master, 50, married, native of Portland, Maine, left widow and children; John Loring Daggett, 25, single, son of the captain; William Sullivan, 40, single, native of Eastport, Maine; Ramie Doucette, 45, widower, native of Tusket, Nova Scotia, left several grown-up children; Frank Banner, 38, single, native of Eastport, Maine; and Fred. Train, 45, native of Portland, Maine. Valued with outfits at $6000 and insured for $2993 on the vessel and $1200 on the outfits by the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company. Age given here is not the same but everything else is.
on schooner Olympia, cut in two by English steamer, Sagamore
His mother Amelia (Loram) Train had died on Chebeague 29 January 1907. In the 1910 census his father Daniel is living in Portland working as a street laborer for the city with Daniel's son Walter who is working in a bake shop. In 1920 census his father Daniel is living on Chebeague with Daniel's son Daniel Charles Train and his family. Daniel Charles is a fisherman. Daniel Charles' wife is Nancy E. (Calder) daughter of John Wilson Calder and his wife Mary Ann Miller.
June 17th 1913 - Sch. Olympia, 77.84 tons gross, 50.28 tons net, built in Essex in 1899 and owned by Sylvanus Smith & Co., Inc., employed in the salt cod fishery, was run down by the Warren ocean liner Sagamore in a dense fog off Sable Island and sunk at once. Eight of the crew were saved by climbing the fore rigging and jumping to the steamer's deck and six were drowned. Those lost are: John A. Daggett, master, 50, married, native of Portland, Maine, left widow and children; John Loring Daggett, 25, single, son of the captain; William Sullivan, 40, single, native of Eastport, Maine; Ramie Doucette, 45, widower, native of Tusket, Nova Scotia, left several grown-up children; Frank Banner, 38, single, native of Eastport, Maine; and Fred. Train, 45, native of Portland, Maine. Valued with outfits at $6000 and insured for $2993 on the vessel and $1200 on the outfits by the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company. Age given here is not the same but everything else is.
on schooner Olympia, cut in two by English steamer, Sagamore
His mother Amelia (Loram) Train had died on Chebeague 29 January 1907. In the 1910 census his father Daniel is living in Portland working as a street laborer for the city with Daniel's son Walter who is working in a bake shop. In 1920 census his father Daniel is living on Chebeague with Daniel's son Daniel Charles Train and his family. Daniel Charles is a fisherman. Daniel Charles' wife is Nancy E. (Calder) daughter of John Wilson Calder and his wife Mary Ann Miller.
From http://www.downtosea.com/1901-1925/1913.htm, web site for fishing vessels out of Gloucester, Massachusetts:
June 17th 1913 - Sch. Olympia, 77.84 tons gross, 50.28 tons net, built in Essex in 1899 and owned by Sylvanus Smith & Co., Inc., employed in the salt cod fishery, was run down by the Warren ocean liner Sagamore in a dense fog off Sable Island and sunk at once. Eight of the crew were saved by climbing the fore rigging and jumping to the steamer's deck and six were drowned. Those lost are: John A. Daggett, master, 50, married, native of Portland, Maine, left widow and children; John Loring Daggett, 25, single, son of the captain; William Sullivan, 40, single, native of Eastport, Maine; Ramie Doucette, 45, widower, native of Tusket, Nova Scotia, left several grown-up children; Frank Banner, 38, single, native of Eastport, Maine; and Fred. Train, 45, native of Portland, Maine. Valued with outfits at $6000 and insured for $2993 on the vessel and $1200 on the outfits by the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company. Age given here is not the same but everything else is.
on schooner Olympia, cut in two by English steamer, Sagamore
His mother Amelia (Loram) Train had died on Chebeague 29 January 1907. In the 1910 census his father Daniel is living in Portland working as a street laborer for the city with Daniel's son Walter who is working in a bake shop. In 1920 census his father Daniel is living on Chebeague with Daniel's son Daniel Charles Train and his family. Daniel Charles is a fisherman. Daniel Charles' wife is Nancy E. (Calder) daughter of John Wilson Calder and his wife Mary Ann Miller.
June 17th 1913 - Sch. Olympia, 77.84 tons gross, 50.28 tons net, built in Essex in 1899 and owned by Sylvanus Smith & Co., Inc., employed in the salt cod fishery, was run down by the Warren ocean liner Sagamore in a dense fog off Sable Island and sunk at once. Eight of the crew were saved by climbing the fore rigging and jumping to the steamer's deck and six were drowned. Those lost are: John A. Daggett, master, 50, married, native of Portland, Maine, left widow and children; John Loring Daggett, 25, single, son of the captain; William Sullivan, 40, single, native of Eastport, Maine; Ramie Doucette, 45, widower, native of Tusket, Nova Scotia, left several grown-up children; Frank Banner, 38, single, native of Eastport, Maine; and Fred. Train, 45, native of Portland, Maine. Valued with outfits at $6000 and insured for $2993 on the vessel and $1200 on the outfits by the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company. Age given here is not the same but everything else is.
on schooner Olympia, cut in two by English steamer, Sagamore
His mother Amelia (Loram) Train had died on Chebeague 29 January 1907. In the 1910 census his father Daniel is living in Portland working as a street laborer for the city with Daniel's son Walter who is working in a bake shop. In 1920 census his father Daniel is living on Chebeague with Daniel's son Daniel Charles Train and his family. Daniel Charles is a fisherman. Daniel Charles' wife is Nancy E. (Calder) daughter of John Wilson Calder and his wife Mary Ann Miller.
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