ME ME - 6 People Missing off Clam Boat, Frenchman's Bay, 25 Mar 1971

[Gardener1850]

Circumstances: The boat left Hancock Pt. about 2pm on Thursday afternoon with 6 people aboard to go clamming on Stave Island. They clammed that tide and started from Stave Island back to Hancock Pt. with 12 bushels of clams and 6 people. Apparently the motor got snarled up in a rope from an old lobster trap and stopped. The wake of the boat came over the stern of the boat and filled it causing the boat to upset throwing all of the people into the ocean.

3 men from the boat are listed in NAMUS.
None of them have photos.
None have fingerprints
None have dental records
DNA has been submitted but not yet complete for 2 out of 3.

Below are the names and general descriptions of those listed in NAMUS:

Melvin M Murphy
Washington County, Maine
49 year old white male
Brown Hair
Blue Eyes

Height (inches)

Weight (pounds)

[TD="class: view_field"]70.0[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]140.0[/TD]

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/39511/

Mack "Red" Sturgeon
Washington County, Maine
42 year old white male
Red/Auburn, balding
Blue Eyes
Multiple tattoos on both arms and fingers

Height (inches)

Weight (pounds)

[TD="class: view_field"]70.0[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]198.0[/TD]

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/39512/

Donald L Smith
Washington County, Maine
40 year old white male
Black Hair
Brown Eyes

Height (inches)

Weight (pounds)

[TD="class: view_field"]75.0[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]180.0[/TD]

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/39523/

I can't find anything else about this with a quick Google search.
Does anyone know more or have pics of the missing clammers and their boat?

 

[Coffee56]

Nashua Telegraph Mar 26, 2971

OCR text:

Five Are Sought In Boat Mishap SORRENTO, Maine (AP) Five persons were Hie objects of a search today after a 16-foot outboard powered boat capsized in choppy seas in Frenchman Bay. A sixth occupant to a small Island and was rescued. The Hancock County Sheriffs Department said deputies, a coastal warden and the Coast Guard searched the area after the capsize Thursday but were unable to find boat or the five missing occupants. Clayton E. Smith, 38, of Ban-gor swan to Dram Island, about a half mile from the mainland, and was rescued by a Sorrento resident who heard his cries for help. Smith was hospitalized in fair condition, undergoing treatment for exposure. The Sheriff's Department declined to release the names of the missing five pending notification of next-bf-kin. The party was clamming near Stave Island when the boat powered by a 65-horsepower motor, capsized at around 6: 30.


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[DS2021]

The other 2 were recovered. The 3 in NamUs are the only ones still missing