“ROSARY SCHEDULED FOR CAPT. ROSE, 41 – Rosary for Capt. ERNEST P. ROSE, age 41, skipper of the San Diego purse seiner ‘SUN EUROPA’, will be recited at 7:30 tonight in Goodbody’s Ivy Chapel. Capt. Rose died Saturday in a Long Beach hospital. He was injured March 7th when an unloading bucket aboard the ‘Sun Europa’ went out of control, broke an ammonia line in the freezer hold, and pinned him to the deck. He was one of seven men injured by the fumes. Capt. Rose was a native of Hanford, California, and had lived in San Diego since he was 7 years old. He had been a fisherman since he was 18. He lived at 3503 Addison St. (now known as Avenida de Portugal – ed.). Surviving are his widow, Mildred; a stepson Donald Sweek; his father MANUEL ROSE, a brother GENE ROSE, and two sisters, Mrs. HELEN LABRUZZI and Mrs. EDNA TOCCO, all of San Diego. Requiem Mass will be said at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow in St. Agnes Catholic Church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.”
(*Source: San Diego EVENING TRIBUNE newspaper – Tuesday, March 15, 1960 – Pg. 36 w/Pic)
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“LAWSUITS SEEK $226,880 IN BOAT ACCIDENT – Two lawsuits for a total of $226,880 (equivalent to $2,374,916 today – ed.) have been filed in Superior Court of San Diego in the death of a tuna boat skipper and injury of a crewman when an ammonia refrigeration pipeline broke in the boats hold. Capt. ERNEST P. ROSE, age 41, of 3503 Addison St. died 4 days after the March 8th mishap aboard the ‘SUN EUROPA’ in San Pedro harbor. Mr. Quinton B. Graves, age 36, of 5211 Logan Ave. (the Chief Engineer) alleges he too was injured by the fumes. Five others reportedly were injured when an unloading bucket swung out of control, breaking the ammonia pipeline, authorities reported. Defendants in both lawsuits are five San Diegans listed as owners, managers, or controllers of the boat. The pipeline allegedly was deteriorated.
Graves, who said he tried to rescue Rose, seeks $100,000 (equivalent to $1,046,77212 today – ed.) plus wages lost by illness and the cost of medical care, with those amounts were not listed. Rose’s widow, Mildred, age 34, seeks $126,880 (equivalent to $1,328,144 today – ed.). The five defendants are Salvatore Crivello, 2924 Pearl St., Thomas West, 3233 Poe St.; Esther LaTucca of -3742 Del Mar Ave.; Vincent Crivello, 3455 Columbia St., and Lena Sanfilippo, of 3215 Whittier St.”
(*Source: San Diego UNION & Daily Bee newspaper – Sunday, June 19, 1960 – Pg. 55)