New York Lumber Ship Strikes Cape Ann Rocks
November 30, 1918 Gloucester, MA – The three-masted schooner Harold B. Cousens was wrecked today at Brace’s Cove, Cape Ann. Captain Carey and his crew and his crew of eight men were rescued. The schooner probably will be a total loss. She was bound from St. N. B; for New York with spruce lumber.
Soon after leaving St. John Saturday, Captain Carey said, he ran into a succession of gales and snowstorms. The schooner was beaten about and yesterday sprang a leak. Just before daylight she struck ground.
The Harold B. Cousens is of 379 gross tons and is owned by a New York concern.
Hi. I’ve found an old photo of the Harold B. Cousens and am trying to use it to locate the name of the port it is docked in. In the background are the letters DOMI … the rest are obscured. I had assumed that the photograph was taken in an English port (possibly on the east coast – Middlesbrough/ Teesside) however after reading about its wrecking I wonder if I’m mistaken. Is there anyway to confirm if the ship had at any time crossed the Atlantic to England? Many thanks.