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The Charlevoix Sentinel
Tuesday, 6 September, 1881

         ALL HANDS LOST!
         
         The Scow Nellie, of Charlevoix, 
          Capsized off Muskegon - WILSON and
           SOLOMON HANCOCK Both Lost.
           
         A telegram was received here late tonight from
       Muskegon, that the little scow Nellie, fruit laden,
       and bound for Charlevoix, capsized in a squall off
       that port and all hands were lost.
       
         The scow was owned and sailed by WILSON HANCOCK,
       of this place, who was accompanied on the trip by
       SOLOMON HANCOCK, his brother.
       
         WILSON leaves a wife and family, and SOLOMON
       leaves a wife and one child.
       
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The Charlevoix Sentinel
Tuesday, 13 September, 1881

         THE HANCOCK BOYS
         
         Further Particulars of Their Death - 
          Distressing Features of the Calamity
          
         The mail on Wednesday brought the particulars of the
       loss of the little scow Nellie and her unfortunate crew.
       
         NELSON (sic) HANCOCK had invested all his means in the
       vessel, and on this trip "SOLLIE," as he was familiarly
       called, had put all his means into a cargo of fruit, 
       which they purchased at St. Joseph. They were on route 
       for home when the storm of Sunday struck them, and they 
       headed their shallow and unseaworthy craft for Muskegon
       for shelter. They missed the piers, capsized in the 
       breakers, and were drowned before help could reach them.
       The boat was totally wrecked, and the fruit, which floated
       ashore, was picked up by the people about the harbor.
       
         The HANCOCK boys were young men of good habits, and
       excellent reputations. SOLLIE, especially, who was better
       known here, had many friends. There are features of the
       calamity that are particularly distressing. They had
       written their wives that they should be home Monday, and
       they were anxiously awaiting their return. The wife of
       SOLLIE, formerly well known as NETTIE LINSCOMB, became
       a mother on Friday last, during the absence of her hus-
       band, and in her critical condition it was a painful
       duty for some one to perform, in breaking the sorrowful
       news to her. It was not done until Wednesday.
       
         MR. HANCOCK, the aged grandfather of the young men,
       arrived during their absence to visit them, and while
       waiting for their return, received the sad tidings of
       their death.
       
         On Wednesday, a telegram from Muskegon announced the
       finding of SOLOMON'S body, and A. McNEILL, his brother-
       in-law, proceeded at once to that place, and returned
       Saturday with the corpse. The Odd Fellow's Lodge at
       Muskegon having previously been notified of the member-
       ship of SOLOMON in that order, nobly exemplified the
       tenets symbolized by the three links by taking charge
       of the body, providing a neat casket, with appropriate
       emblematic ornaments, and otherwise aiding in the task
       of restoring the lifeless body to those who were the
       relatives and friends in life.
       
         Sunday afternoon the body was consigned to its last
       resting place, with the solemn rites of the order of
       Odd Fellows, the Good Templars participating as an
       escort. The procession to the cemetery and return was
       headed by Charlevoix cornet band, playing funeral dirges.
       The attendance was large. The body of WILSON has not yet
       been found.
       
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The Charlvoix Sentinel
Tuesday, 18 October, 1881

         We spoke last week of the coroner of Muskegon finding
       a body there, which did not prove to be the body of WILSON 
       HANCOCK. He has since sent to A. McNEILL, of this place,
       a portion of his shirt, and the pocket book found on the
       body, which prove it to be the body of WILSON. It was
       burried there and will not be disinterred for the present.
       
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