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Fairhaven Herald
Fairhaven, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
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In Honodate, Japan, the sealing schooner Louisa D escaped a hurricane on May 1, losing a boat with three crew members and sustaining damage including three stove-in boats. Captain Hartwain hopes the missing boat is picked up by nearby vessels.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 8—H. A. Thompson, the well-known owner of a number of sealers, has received a letter from Honodate, Japan, from Capt. Chas. Hartwain, of the sealing schooner Louisa D, which states that he had just escaped that place and would undergo repairs. The captain reported that on May 1 a boat containing the second mate, a sailor and the cabin boy was lost. A hurricane coming up made it impossible to look for them. As there were a number of other sealing schooners in the vicinity he expressed a belief in the letter that the missing boat may hastily be picked up. During the storm three of the boats were stove in while lashed to the deck and other damage was done.
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Honodate, Japan
Event Date
May 1
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boat lost with second mate, sailor, and cabin boy; three boats stove in; other damage to schooner louisa d.
Event Details
The sealing schooner Louisa D, under Capt. Chas. Hartwain, encountered a hurricane near Honodate, Japan, on May 1, losing a boat with three crew members amid impossible search conditions. The vessel escaped for repairs, with hopes the missing boat would be found by nearby sealers.