Peter H. Foley

of New Bedford, Massachusetts
Position: Co-owner
Age: 57

Mr. Foley was co-owner of the Mishaum with Charles Furtado of Fairhaven.

On March 27, 1953, the dragger Mishaum, en route from Newport, Rhode Island, to New Bedford, broke up in heavy seas off Horseneck Beach in Westport. Peter H. Foley and Joseph A. Wehrman were drowned.