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Oswego Palladium
Wednesday, 21 May, 1873

         A Vessel Captain Drowned - This morning about seven
       o'clock CAPT. JOHN GILLAN, of the schooner Converse,
       was drowned in the lake about one mile off from Little
       Sodus piers. The vessel left Sodus for this port a
       short time before the accident, with the wind from the
       south, and stood out on the lake until she cleared the
       land, when in jibing the mainsail, the mainboom struck
       the captain knocking him overboard.
       
         An effort was made to save him, but without success,
       as he sank almost immediately, having probably been
       stunned by the blow. The body was not recovered and
       the vessel came to this port. CAPTAIN GILLAN was an
       old and well known seaman, with many warm friends.
       He leaves a wife and several children, living on East
       Tenth between Seneca and Cayuga streets, to mourn his
       sudden taking off.
       
         MR. PATRICK GILLAN, brother of CAPTAIN GILLAN, de-
       sires to announce that he will pay a reward of $50
       for recovery of the body.
       
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