Person:Emery Wardwell (2)

In Penobscot at 1870 census with personal estate valued at $450.

"Wreck of a Maine Fishing Vessel - Seven Lives Lost The fishing schooner Fleetwing, sixty-two tons burden, of Lamoine, Me., sailed from the Grand Banks, homeward bound, on the evening of August 21. At about two o'clock the next morning she was run into and sunk by the French Barque Marseilles, bound for Grenock, Scotland, there being a dense fog at the time and raining heavily. The schooner was struck on the starboard bow, the forward timbers crushed in and the bowsprit and foremast carried away. The Captain, Isaac Bowden, of Penobscot, Me., was in his berth, but awakened by the crash rushed on deck, and seeing the vessel must sink, sprang for the mains chains of the barque, which he Was fortunate enough to seize and was saved. Two others of the crew were also saved, Hammond Winterbottom of East lamoine, and Sylvanus Heath. The rest of the crew were lost together with two men belonging in the British Provinces who a few days before had been picked up in a fog from their dory. The names of the crew are as follows: Geo. H. Tevett, mate of Trenton; Mr. Webber, cook of Surry, Mr. Wardwell and Mr. Emery Wardwell of Penobscot, Alonzo Colby of Waltham. The barque lowered a boat a few minutes after the collision, and then searched for an hour or more, but could find not traces of the ill-fated Vessel or her men. The Fleetwing was owned by Messrs Cooliege Brothers of Lamoine, Me., and had about 900 quintals of fish on board. There was no insurance on vessel or cargo." -New Hampshire Patriot 30 September 1874

1. ↑ Penobscot, Maine Vital Records.
2. ↑ New Hampshire Patriot 30 September 1874.

   New Hampshire Patriot 30 September 1874