DEATH OF CAPTAIN C. E. BAILEY
A well known yacht captain and brother-in-law of Theodore Krombach of Third avenue and Twenty-fifth street, Charles E. Bailey , died at sea Saturday on board the steam yacht Katoomba, of which he was captain, and which left this port Thursday for a cruise to the West Indies. Captain Bailey's death was due to pneumonia. The Katoomba put in at Savannah, GA, when the body was taken ashore to be forwarded to Brooklyn. Captain Bailey was born at Groton, Conn., forty-six years ago, and had been a sailor all his life. He was at one time chief officer of the steam yacht Electra, superintended the construction of the steam yacht Sagamore, was master of the schooner yacht Brunhilde and for nine years was captain of the old and new Corsairs. His widow and three children survive him. He was a member of Minerva Lodge No. 792, F. and A.M.; Damascus Commandery, K.T.; the Marine Society of Engineers Association and Harbor No. 1 American Pilots. The funeral will be held at this late home, Bay Twenty-second street, near Eightieth street, Bath Beach, on the arrival of the body from Savannah.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 4 Feb 1902.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN C. E. BAILEY
A well known yacht captain and brother-in-law of Theodore Krombach of Third avenue and Twenty-fifth street, Charles E. Bailey , died at sea Saturday on board the steam yacht Katoomba, of which he was captain, and which left this port Thursday for a cruise to the West Indies. Captain Bailey's death was due to pneumonia. The Katoomba put in at Savannah, GA, when the body was taken ashore to be forwarded to Brooklyn. Captain Bailey was born at Groton, Conn., forty-six years ago, and had been a sailor all his life. He was at one time chief officer of the steam yacht Electra, superintended the construction of the steam yacht Sagamore, was master of the schooner yacht Brunhilde and for nine years was captain of the old and new Corsairs. His widow and three children survive him. He was a member of Minerva Lodge No. 792, F. and A.M.; Damascus Commandery, K.T.; the Marine Society of Engineers Association and Harbor No. 1 American Pilots. The funeral will be held at this late home, Bay Twenty-second street, near Eightieth street, Bath Beach, on the arrival of the body from Savannah.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 4 Feb 1902.
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