Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2026 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== USGenNet Data Repository Notice: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= Detroit Free Press Wednesday, 24 September, 1873 Sailor Drowned - Yesterday forenoon a sailor nineteen years old, named FRED MORGAN, belonging to the schooner Monterey, was carrying the vessel's line along the docks when he came to a wood pile, and in trying to work past the obstruction he fell into the river and was drowned. He made scarcely any effort to save himself, although he knew how to swim. The body was recovered and Coroner Griffin held the inquest. MORGAN'S home was in New York State, and his body will be sent there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buffalo Commercial Advertiser Saturday, 27 September, 1873 Sailor Drowned - a sailor, 23 years of age, from Clayton, N.Y., named Fred Morgan, fell from the dock at Detroit Wed- nesday, while in the act of making a line fast, and was drowned. His body was recovered in about an hour. He was engaged on the schr. Monterey, and was a nephew of CAPT. REES. ===============================================================================