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Missing Pilots. — The pilot boat Commerce which left New York in January not having been heard of, it is concluded that all on board have perished with her. A collection has been taken up in New York which resulted in raising the sum of $2,400.64, which was divided among the families of the lost Pilots, some of which got over $400.

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$2,400.64 is equal to $48,000 in 2017.

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