A Salt Banker of 1812

 

 

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Out of Gloucester and Down To The Sea In Ships
Man Overboard !

They that go down to sea in ships, that do business in great waters:
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

107th Psalm

 

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"Lost at sea" is the ultimate tragedy of fishing. 
Historians have estimated that 8,000 to 10,000 men who went fishing out of Gloucester have perished since the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Cape Ann in 1623. 
Here are the stories of the fishermen who have lost their lives fishing out of Gloucester, as well as some history of the industry and the families that made Gloucester the oldest active seaport in the United States..The Massachusetts Coast