May 12, 1906
Washed From Dory
One of the Crew of Sch. Illinois
Drowned
Dorymate, His Brother, Tried in Vain to Save Him
A dispatch from North Sydney, C. B., states
that sch. Illinois of this port arrived there yesterday with her
flag at half mast for the loss of George Peeples, one of her crew, who
was drowned by being washed out of his dory, the efforts of his dorymate, who was his
brother, to save him being unavailing.
Peeples was out in his dory
in rough weather when a huge sea washed him overboard. He was hauling in a trawl
with his brother when the wave struck him. His brother caught hold of his coat
before the wave swept him away and held on, although the little boat was careened gunwale
under and the would-be rescuer was half in the water and half out. Before he could
drag his brother to safety he got tangled up in the trawl and his brother was torn from
his grasp, quickly disappearing.
There is evidently some mistake about the
first name of the unfortunate man, as there is no George Peeples on board
the vessel. There were two of the crew, however, named Peeples, two
brothers, John and Michael. Evidently one of them
has been lost, but which one is not definitely know. |
