. Review of reviews and world's work. thickly studded with these crys-tal islets at all seasons, andas the smacks cruise aboutin quest of the schools offish many a craft runs intoa berg or a floe and is eithersunk or desperately stricken,with grievous if not totalloss of life. The frightful stormswhich beset these watersfrom time to time are an-other potent source of trag-edy among the Yankeebankmen. The Galvestonhurricane spent its final furyon the Grand Banks andsent to the bottom over 20vessels and 300 men. A sih-gle gale on Georges Bank hasmeant death for 165. The6th of June storm, in 1886
. Review of reviews and world's work. thickly studded with these crys-tal islets at all seasons, andas the smacks cruise aboutin quest of the schools offish many a craft runs intoa berg or a floe and is eithersunk or desperately stricken,with grievous if not totalloss of life. The frightful stormswhich beset these watersfrom time to time are an-other potent source of trag-edy among the Yankeebankmen. The Galvestonhurricane spent its final furyon the Grand Banks andsent to the bottom over 20vessels and 300 men. A sih-gle gale on Georges Bank hasmeant death for 165. The6th of June storm, in 1886, destroyed 57 vesselsof all nationalities and cost nearly 800 lives, while4 0 smacks were cast ashore on the rugged coastof Newfoundland. When such storms occurvessels are often sunk at their moorings, withall hands, by a single mighty comber over-whelming them. Others drag their anchors,collide with consorts, and are quickly are turned bottom up ; others are dismastedand razed ; more have their decks swept of crews I. A TYPICAL CREW OF A GLOUCESTER FISHING VESSEL. NEW-ENGLANDS DEEP-SEA FISHING INTERESTS. 565
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