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Show BOATSWAIN FALLS DEAD Spanish War Veteran Drops on Deck of Revenue Rev-enue Cutter Hudson New York. Feb. 19. Uuscat-hod by the Spanish bullets which flew about him In the rescue of tbe torpedo boat. Winslov iii the harbor of Cardenas fifteen years ago, Gustavus Anderson tel dead of heart trouble on the deck of the revenue cutter. Hudson, yesterday. yester-day. He was boatswain of the Hudson w he n she went into the harbor of CardenaB in tho Spanish-American I war and pulled out the torpedo boat, 1 Winslow, after she had been disabled by Spanish shot and Ensign Bagley. j her executive officer, had been killed. Andersou was complimented by congress for his bravery, for ho stood fearlessly at a machine gun, returning the fire of the Spaniards as the Hud-! Hud-! son crept into the harbor. Anderson was 62 years old and had been in the revenue cutter service. I thirty-five years. |