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On September 19, 1846, the Marblehead fleet was fishing the Grand Banks of Newfoundland when it was caught in a hurricane. Sixty-five perished and at least eleven vessels were lost.
The Marblehead fishing industry never recovered.
The Marblehead Charitable Seamen Society, founded in 1831, collected funds for the familes and for a monument. In 1848, the "Fishermen's Monument" was dedicated. It lists the names of deceased members lost on shore and at sea. |
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Captain James Mugford, sailing the 60-ton Franklin, captured the 300-ton Hope, the "Powder Ship," so called because it was loaded with munitions. This monument was erected on the 50th anniversary of the event, near the Boston & Maine railroad station. On the event's 100th anniversary, it was moved to its present location on Old Burial Hill.
A TRIBUTE OF MARBLEHEAD
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE BRAVE CAPT. MUGFORD
AND HIS HEROIC CREW
WHO IN THE SCHR FRANKLIN, OF
60 TONS AND FOUR 4 POUNDERS,
MAY 17, 1776, UNDER THE GUNS OF
THE BRITISH FLEET, CAPTURED, AND
CARRIED INTO BOSTON THE TRANS-
PORT HOPE: 300 TONS, 10 GUNS
LOADED WITH MUNITIONS OF WAR,
INCLUDING 1500 BARRELS OF POWDER. |
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