FANNY GRAY

Name of Vessel FANNY GRAY
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Evening Telegram, November 10, 1894 -THE “FANNY GRAY ADRIFT.” A vessel coming down on her —Anchors Had to be Slipped. A shipping mishap this afternoon drew the attention of hundreds of citizens and created a bit of sensation. The schr. Fanny Gray, Gose, master, of Random, Trinity Bay, laden with supplies for, home, and having on board 13 men 2 women, lay off Bowring’s Premises with her two anchors out, 37 fathoms of chain to one and 38 fathoms to the other. One of Goodridge’s vessels lay above them with but one anchor out, and very little chain attached to it. This vessel drifted down a little, sufficient to make it necessary for the schooners two anchors to be slipped and her fare stay to be cut, to heave her clear to avoid greater damage. The schooner then drove down the harbor at a very rapid rate before the gale of wind, now sideways, now backwards, and in almost every imaginable way. Finally the men on board managed to hoist some canvas, get control, and ran her into Shea’s wharf, where there were lots of people curious to learn full particulars. The crew were not injured.