Marie and Katherine New Bedford, MA

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5/21/1940

At 5:15 A.M. on Tuesday, May 21, 1940, John Ole Abelsen was knocked overboard by a scallop dredge while working on the deck of the scalloper Marie and Katherine. His body was recovered.

Coast Guard authorities were notified of the death by the scalloper 3 & 1 & 1, which reported to Boston via radio telephone that the Marie and Katherine was on Georges Bank, heading for Pollock Rip Lightship following the accident. 

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John Abelsen 32
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