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Show Prominent Veteran Dead. ... Rear Admiral Lewis W. Robinson, TJ. S. N., retired, died at his home in . Philadelphia of typhoid pneumonia after af-ter an Illness of two days. He was 63 years old and a native of New Jersey. He served throughout the war of the rebellion in the west gulf blockading Y squadron. He passed through the f- Yf ' ; grades in his branch of the service reaching that of chief engineer, engi-neer, with the rank of lieutenant com- The Late Rear Admiral Robinson. ; mander, in August 1893, and being i promoted to the rank of commander in March, 1895, and that of captain in June, 1898. His last active service was at Morris Heights, N. Y., as inspector in-spector of torpedo boat machinery. Sept 21, 1901, he was placed on the retired list, with the rank of rear admiral. |