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Show WAS 1 NOTED SAILOR. Captain George Douglass, of the Glaus Spreckles, Who Becently Died at San Francisco. H. T.'OITY AS A EOESE MAEKET. "'Annie Laurie" Creates a Eeal Sensation by Exposing Fraudulent Divorces. After facing the perils' of the sea for thirty-five yiars Capt. George B, Douglass, Doug-lass, one of the noted mariners of the Pacific ocean, died at San Francisco the other day from injuries received in a runaway accident. He was a native of Massachusetts and 53 years old. Capt. Douglass began his maritime career ca-reer when a lad of 18 as a seaman on one of the whalers that left New Bed-ford Bed-ford for the North Atlantic. In course j of time he was promoted to the position of second mate, and later entered the employ of the Pacific Mail Steamship company. com-pany. A quarter of a century ago he was transferred transfer-red to the -western branch of the service, and from .. .m,, that on made his CAPT. O. H. DOUGLASS. . home at San Francisco. In 1878 he became superintendent superin-tendent of Clans Spreckol's line, a position posi-tion he held at the time of his death. During his long career the captain encountered encoun-tered many perils, which he always met with judgment and intrepidity. Probably Proba-bly his most notable exploit was in connection con-nection with the burning of the steamer Montana about eighteen years ago off the coast just south of San Diego. To his coolness and ability to rule on that occasion the 350 people comprising the passengers and crew aboard the boat owed their lives. |