Alice and May New Bedford, MA

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1/1/1941

Around 3:30 PM on January 1, 1941, Hjalar Alfred Anderson was crushed beneath a falling mast aboard the dragger Alice and May. 

The crew had been engaged in fishing operations approximately 35 miles south by southwest of Nomans Land, Chilmark, MA, when without warning a stay supporting the 45-foot foremast let go. Plunging suddenly, the heavy spar came down on the back of Anderson. Crew mates rushed to aid the injured man, and the ship was ordered put about to New Bedford. 

Despite a desperate six-hour race to port, Anderson was pronounced dead on arrival at Saint Luke's Hospital at 9:00 PM. 

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Hjalmar Anderson 53
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