Reprinted from Western Star, March 4, 1931
Transcribed by Wanda Garrett, April 2017
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Alton Hiltz, Martin’s Point, and Archibald Parsons, of Newfoundland,
Missing from Schooner Marguerite Tanner Lunenburg, Feb. 26—The Schr. Marguerite Tanner, Captain Angus Tanner, one of the fresh fishing fleet of the Lunenburg Cold Storage Co., arrived here this morning, reporting the loss of two members of her crew. Alton Hiltz, 28 years old, single, of Martin’s Point and Archibald Parsons, Rose Blanche, Newfoundland, ’bout the same age, and as far as is known unmarried. Find Dory Capsized The Marguerite Tanner was fishing yesterday on the Emerald Banks in moderate weather. The men went out in their dories to attend their trawls and on returning to the vessel the dory containing these two men failed to return. On searching they found the boat bottom up, but no trace of the occupants, and their fate is shrouded in mystery as Captain Tanner cannot understand how the accident happened, as the dory was not loaded and the weather was moderate. |