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Detroit Free Press
Wednesday, 15 October 1902


         CAPT. FORD'S BODY
         
         IT WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER
          BELOW FIGHTING ISLAND
          
         The body of CAPT. JOHN FORD, late keeper of
       the Bar Point lightship, was discovered late
       yesterday afternoon floating in the Canadian
       channel below Fighting Island. It was first
       sighted by FRED VIGNEUX, who went out in a
       small boat and towed the body ashore and then
       notified Coroner LaBELLE, of Windsor.
         The remains were then taken to Joyce's morgue
       in Windsor, but later removed to Cunningham's
       morgue in Detroit, after they had been identi-
       fied by two sons of the dead man.
         CAPT. FORD, who had been with the lighthouse
       establishment for over thirty years, was lost
       from his sailboat last Tuesday while he was
       returning to Bar Point light after visiting the
       Mt. Elliott supply depot for provisions. At the
       time he went overboard his assistant was asleep
       in the boat and knew nothing of the disapearance.
       CAPT. FORD lived at 386 Eighteenth street and is
       survived by a widow and seven children, six boys
       and a girl.
       
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