Helen Miller Gould
Fishing Schooner · Lost 1901 · Nova Scotia & Sable Island
The Helen Miller Gould, the first large auxiliary-engined fishing schooner, burned at North Sydney on October 25, 1901; the crew escaped.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Designed by Captain G. Melvin McClain and launched at Gloucester on March 29, 1900, the mackerel schooner Helen Miller Gould was the first large schooner fitted with an auxiliary engine. With a 150-horsepower engine under Captain Jacobs she set mackerel records, landing 720 barrels in one trip. On October 25, 1901, only seventeen months after launch, a gasoline leak set her afire at North Sydney, Nova Scotia; fear of explosion kept firefighters back, and she burned to the waterline. The crew escaped.
Vessel
- 1900
- John Bishop
- Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Wood
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- Sail and auxiliary engine
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Loss
- October 25, 1901
- Fire
- North Sydney harbour
- Atlantic Ocean
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- North Sydney, Nova Scotia
No pin: no surveyed wreck position in the sources used.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (55/100)
Based on a published secondary account; original records were not independently inspected.
Wikipedia — Helen Miller Gould (schooner)
Article narrative of construction, voyage and loss (secondary summary of cited books and newspapers).
The New York Times, 26 October 1901 — Schooner Helen M. Gould Afire
Reports the auxiliary schooner of Gloucester on fire and abandoned at North Sydney on 25 October 1901.
