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Detroit Free Press
Friday, 23 August 1878


         BURIAL OF CAPT. NORRIS
         
         The body of CAPT. NORRIS was taken to Erie
       Tuesday where it was placed in a handsome cas-
       ket. At midnight CAPT. JAMES MAHONEY, of the
       A.O.U.W., and J. W. ALLISON, of the Knights of
       Honor of Hastings, this State, left with it for
       Hastings where it was interred Wednesday. The
       countenance of the departed captain looked as
       natural as if sleeping, and a large number of
       ladies and gentlemen called to take a last look
       at it at Erie. He leaves a wife and one daughter,
       a young lady who accompanied the remains to
       Hastings, where the captain's and his wife's
       friends reside. The widow will receive $2,000
       from each lodge.
         Concerning CAPT. NORRIS' death the Erie Dis-
       patch says: The accounts intimate that the 
       captain committed the deed because of business
       prospects. We are assured, however, that this
       could hardly have been the case as money matters
       were easy with him, and some of his friends in
       the city are disposed to attribute the cause to
       temporary insanity produced by gloomy feelings
       which have troubled him more or less since the
       sinking of the schooner Berryman, about one
       year ago, of which he was the commander at the
       time of the disaster. A propeller collided with
       the schooner and she sank in a short time, tak-
       ing down two of his own men, and it is said that
       he has never been known to speak of that unfortu-
       nate event without crying bitterly. He left Erie
       for Buffalo about a week ago to fit out his ves-
       sel and this was his first trip of the season.
       She had taken on a cargo and was expected to have
       sailed yesterday. The sad event has caused a 
       gloom over our city, for all who knew CAPT.
       NORRIS loved him.
       
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       Transcriber's Note: Capt. William "Billy" Norton
       was a temporary master of the schooner Francis
       Berriman when it was run down by the steam barge
       Rust on the night of May 7, 1877, in Lake Huron,
       about 20-25 miles SSE of Thunder Bay. His regu-
       lar vessel at the time was the J. S. Richards.
       
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