Bellerose Fishing Company
company · until 1914 · no longer operating
Also known as Bellrose Fishing Company
Ocean City pound-net fishing company with its own net house on the beach. In May 1913 the Democratic Messenger named E. B. Showell Myres as its president when a seventeen-pound trout came out of one of its pounds. By February 1914 it was a bankrupt estate: its outfit and paraphernalia were sold at public auction at the company's net house at Ocean City on 11 February 1914 by Upshur & Upshur, attorneys, and bought by Henry E. Davis for $1,100, who was reported to be improving the pound and managing the concern for the coming season. Three months later Ocean City shipped the largest single day's catch in its history.
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1914 · 1914-02-11
The bankrupt Bellerose Fishing Company is auctioned at its own net house and its pounds go to Henry E. Davis for $1,100.
The Messenger of 7 February 1914: "The bankrupt estate of the Bellerose Fishing Co. at Ocean City will be sold at public sale next Wednesday, February 11th, by Upshur & Upshur, Attorneys. The sale will take place at 2 o'clock p.m. at the net house of the Company at Ocean City." On 21 February: "The outfit and paraphernalia of the Bellerose Fishing Company, sold at public sale last week at Ocean City, was bought by Mr. Henry E. Davis for $1,100. We understand Mr. Davis will make some improvements in the pound, and manage the concern this season." In May 1913 the same paper had named E. B. Showell Myres as the Bellerose's president; eight months later the company is in bankruptcy — and three months after the sale the town shipped the largest single day's catch in its history.
Source · checked 2026-08-06