February 18, 1908
Mail Courier Drowned
The hardships and dangers of our mail couriers which have to be faced by these hardy men in their arduous duties, are illustrated again by the sad accident which is announced in the following message, for which we thank Acting Inspector General Sullivan:-
Britannia Cove, February 7, 1908, To John Sullivan, J.P., Acting Inspector General:
James Dodge, mail courier, was drowned this morning at Northern Bight while carrying the mail. The body was recovered. Constable Way.
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May 12, 1908
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May 25, 1908, Page 4
A Gruesome Find.
Body of Zebedee Green, who Was Drowned Last November Found Near the Shore Saturday.
At 5 p.m. on Saturday Abraham Pinhorn, one of the crew of the schooner Laurel, Robert Hindy master, lying at the Horwood Lumber Co.’s East End wharf, discovered the body of a man lying on the bottom under the wharf.
At first he thought it was a pair of overalls. On closer examination it was discovered that it was the body of a man. Pinhorn got a jigger and hooked the clothing and raised the body to the surface, when it was discovered that the head was gone and the flesh had fallen from the arms.
An attempt was made to raise the body by means of a rope, but it was found that it was in too advanced a state of decomposition to permit of this, and the body would fall to pieces if handled in that manner.
The police were notified and Sergeant Noseworthy and Constable Humber were soon on the scene.
The body was kept afloat while a piece of canvas was being procured and the men with the police officers got into a punt and passed the canvas under the body and lifted it out of the water and took it to the morgue, where it was coffined by undertaker Carew. On the body was shirt, trousers and socks.
Zebedee Green, of Scilly Cove, Trinity Bay, was a member of the crew of the schooner Veronica, Downey master, and was drowned last November while the schooner was lying at the same dock where the schooner Laurel is now lying.
On the night of the 24th of November last year Zebedee Green disappeared from his schooner and no trace could be got of him. All his clothing, including the boots he wore during the day was left behind him. When his shipmates missed him in the morning a search was at once started for the recovery of the body, and although the whole ground was gone over and a diver employed no trace could be found of the missing man, and it was believed by some that he had left the country for some unknown reason. Subsequently a report came from Boston that he had been seen there by an acquaintance.
When Green disappeared it was said that he had nearly §200 on bis person. On the body found on Saturday there were two purses found, containing in all $13.05. Before leaving Scilly Cove last fall a neighbor named Ambrose King gave him a purse containing $3.50, with which to purchase some goods for him, King, who is now in the port went to the Police station on Saturday evening and identified the purse as the one he had given Green. This leaves no doubt as to the identity of the body.
The man’s head was found by Captain Hindy at the Horwood Lumber Co.’s wharf yesterday morning and placed in the coffin.
Mr. G. W. Gusbue, M.H.A., was notified that the body was found and he immediately gave orders to undertaker Carew to attend to the coffining of it.
The remains were placed on board the schooner Fram, Captain Hiscock, which is now lying at Bowring’s wharf and it will be taken to the home of the deceased for burial.
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June 6, 1908, Page 7
A Letter of Thanks.
Editor Evening Telegram.
Dear Sir,—The body of the late Zebedee Green, on arrival of the schr. Fram on Tuesday last, was taken to the S.U.F. Hall and shortly afterwards interred in the Methodist cemetery here. Circumstances relating to his pathetic death and the recovery of the body have cast a gloom over the whole settlement, and it goes without saying that the relatives of deceased have the sincere sympathy of all. The prompt action taken by Mr. G. W. Gushue, M.H.A. for this district last November in procuring the services of a diver to search for the body of the then supposed drowned man, and the interest manifested by him on its recovery is without doubt a striking token that that gentleman strives to serve his district with unequalled devotion. With his help and advice difficulties unsurmountable, owing to circumstances unprovided for, were overcome with promptness and order.
The relatives of deceased then, one and all, and the S.U.F. of St. Peter’s Lodge, of which deceased was a member, wish to convey to our respected representative, Mr. Gushue, through your columns, their unanimous sincere thanks for such services rendered and on such a pathetic occasion. The same sentiments of thankfulness are also extended to the Grand Lodge of S.U.F. who undertook to defray the expenses of coffin; to the crew of the schooner Laurel, especially the finder, Mr. Absalom Pinhorn; and last but by no leans least, to Mr. Robert Hiscock, master of the schooner Fram, who was chiefly instrumental in having the body brought home for burial.
JOSHUA HISCOCK. Scilly Cove, June 2, ’08.
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July 24, 1908
COME HERE TO GO FISHING — Moses Seward, of Gooseberry Cove, Heart’s Ease, arrived here this morning in his schooner. He has given up fishing there and will fish out of St. John’s the rest of the season.
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