Celestino Gomes was a crewman aboard the SS Marine Electric when she went down in 15 - 18 ft. seas, 40 mph winds, about 30 miles east of Chincoteague, VA. Thirty-one of the 34 crew members died when they had to abandon ship into frigid, 39 degree, water. Most dying from hypothermia.
The SS Marine Electric was a 605 ft. coal freighter and was en-route from Norfolk to Somerset, MA. The tragedy tightened inspection standards, resulted in mandatory survival suits for winter North Atlantic runs, and helped create the now famous Coast Guard rescue swimmer program.
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PROVIDENCE - Celestino R. Gomes, 30, of 272 Orms St. came to the United States 13 months ago from the Cape Verde Islands and joined the Maritime Union a year ago.
His first berth was aboard the Nantucket ferry.
He was born in St. Vincente, Cape Verde Islands, a son of Leandra (Santos) Gomes, with whom he lived, and the late Teodoro Gomes.
Besides his mother he leaves a brother, Teodora Gomes in Holland; four sisters, Judith Santos of Central Falls, Maria DaLuz-DelGado of Pawtucket, and Maria Soares and Amelia Oliveira, both of Providence.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. from the Rebello Funeral Home, 901 Broadway, East Providence, with a service at Gate of Heaven Cemetery Chapel at 11. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence.
Providence Journal (RI) - Tuesday, February 15, 1983
The SS Marine Electric was a 605 ft. coal freighter and was en-route from Norfolk to Somerset, MA. The tragedy tightened inspection standards, resulted in mandatory survival suits for winter North Atlantic runs, and helped create the now famous Coast Guard rescue swimmer program.
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PROVIDENCE - Celestino R. Gomes, 30, of 272 Orms St. came to the United States 13 months ago from the Cape Verde Islands and joined the Maritime Union a year ago.
His first berth was aboard the Nantucket ferry.
He was born in St. Vincente, Cape Verde Islands, a son of Leandra (Santos) Gomes, with whom he lived, and the late Teodoro Gomes.
Besides his mother he leaves a brother, Teodora Gomes in Holland; four sisters, Judith Santos of Central Falls, Maria DaLuz-DelGado of Pawtucket, and Maria Soares and Amelia Oliveira, both of Providence.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. from the Rebello Funeral Home, 901 Broadway, East Providence, with a service at Gate of Heaven Cemetery Chapel at 11. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence.
Providence Journal (RI) - Tuesday, February 15, 1983
Celestino Gomes was a crewman aboard the SS Marine Electric when she went down in 15 - 18 ft. seas, 40 mph winds, about 30 miles east of Chincoteague, VA. Thirty-one of the 34 crew members died when they had to abandon ship into frigid, 39 degree, water. Most dying from hypothermia.
The SS Marine Electric was a 605 ft. coal freighter and was en-route from Norfolk to Somerset, MA. The tragedy tightened inspection standards, resulted in mandatory survival suits for winter North Atlantic runs, and helped create the now famous Coast Guard rescue swimmer program.
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PROVIDENCE - Celestino R. Gomes, 30, of 272 Orms St. came to the United States 13 months ago from the Cape Verde Islands and joined the Maritime Union a year ago.
His first berth was aboard the Nantucket ferry.
He was born in St. Vincente, Cape Verde Islands, a son of Leandra (Santos) Gomes, with whom he lived, and the late Teodoro Gomes.
Besides his mother he leaves a brother, Teodora Gomes in Holland; four sisters, Judith Santos of Central Falls, Maria DaLuz-DelGado of Pawtucket, and Maria Soares and Amelia Oliveira, both of Providence.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. from the Rebello Funeral Home, 901 Broadway, East Providence, with a service at Gate of Heaven Cemetery Chapel at 11. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence.
Providence Journal (RI) - Tuesday, February 15, 1983
The SS Marine Electric was a 605 ft. coal freighter and was en-route from Norfolk to Somerset, MA. The tragedy tightened inspection standards, resulted in mandatory survival suits for winter North Atlantic runs, and helped create the now famous Coast Guard rescue swimmer program.
..........................................
PROVIDENCE - Celestino R. Gomes, 30, of 272 Orms St. came to the United States 13 months ago from the Cape Verde Islands and joined the Maritime Union a year ago.
His first berth was aboard the Nantucket ferry.
He was born in St. Vincente, Cape Verde Islands, a son of Leandra (Santos) Gomes, with whom he lived, and the late Teodoro Gomes.
Besides his mother he leaves a brother, Teodora Gomes in Holland; four sisters, Judith Santos of Central Falls, Maria DaLuz-DelGado of Pawtucket, and Maria Soares and Amelia Oliveira, both of Providence.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. from the Rebello Funeral Home, 901 Broadway, East Providence, with a service at Gate of Heaven Cemetery Chapel at 11. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence.
Providence Journal (RI) - Tuesday, February 15, 1983
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