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W been coasting north from San a position with the Water Works, and died suddenly a Boyden, William, engineer, Brooklyn, Bertelsen, Morris, mate, has on Puget ' years, and has recently been engaged on few months later. Vermont in i848. His first work Francisco for twenty in I884,and he has since b the barkentine North Bend. Blanch, A. J., mate on sailing vessels, has been running steamer Phantom north from San Francisco for twenty years. number of small steamers, among them the si Bessing, J. J., engineer, was born in France in i855, and and the Rapid Transit. in i875. He was machinist on the Blanchard, H. D., purser, was born in Vancouver, Wash., came to the Pacific Coast Bozorth, Milton B., ticket agent of the ( States steamer Hasslesfor three years and was after- in i866. He has been in the employ of the Oregon Railway & United Navigation Company, Astoria, Or. ward on the Santa Rosa as oiler, water-tender and third and Navigation Company on the Columbia River and second assistant. He subsequently served as first assistant on for ten years, and has recently been engaged on the Willamette Bradford, William, mate and pilot, Taco the Crescent City, Mackinazw and Excelsior, and as chief on River boats. Brandt, H., steward, San Francisco. the Noyo and Lakne. He resides at Berkeley, Cal. Blekum, E., mate on Sound steamers, Seattle, Wash. Brandow, J. H., pilot on steamer City of. Betts, W. A., river pilot, Portland, Or. Blekumi, Harold, master, Seattle, Wash. Wash. Beutzien, Capt. Charles, master of dredge Anaconda, Ta- Blinn, W. P., engineer, Port Townsend, was born in New Brant, Harry, mate on coasting sch corma, has been engaged with the Bowers Dredge Compaiiy for York in 1858. His first marine work on the Pacific Coast was Gardiner, Or. He was mate on the school the past six years. on the steamship 11'alla Walla, and he was afterward on the she was wrecked. Bierseth, Nicholas, engineer, Seattle, Wash. steamship Victoria when she was wrecked. He is at present Brazee, Albert L., engineer, was born chief engineer of the tug Richard Holyoke. Biggs, Albert E., engineer, Seattle, Wash., was born in 1862. He has been connected with a numbE was born in New Brunswick in 1864. He commenced his marine work in Bliss, Arthur, engineer, Tacoma, Wash., on the Willamette and Columbia rivers si on the steamship A ncon in r888 and was after- Cleveland, Ohio, in i865. His first marine service in the North- recently been employed on the Bismarck. the Northwest Gypsy Queen in i886, ward on the Evangel, Wil/aapa, and a number of other well west was on the Puget Sound steamer Breen, Robert, Bandon, Or., surfman at known steamers. and he was subsequently engaged on the Messenger, 0//er, Glidc and a number of other steamers. Bremner, E. P., engineer, Vancouver, I Billings, Grant, engineer, Olympia, Wash. Bliss, M. J., purser, Portland, Or. Brennan, Capt. J.,was born in New Ha' C., assistant purser of steamship Empress of Binns, S. was born in and commenced coasting on Long Island S B. C. Bloomsbury, J. W., engineer, Tacoma, Wash., India, Vancouver, steamnboating was He came to the Pacific Coast in i866as se on the New Jersey in 1864. His first Puget Sound Bird, Edward, engineer, began his marine career on the Goliah. He was afterward oii the Clara Brown and a Rival and in I874 was mate on the brig Pacific Coast in i875 after working four years at the Risdon number of other steamers. master of the brig Tanner in 1875and has He served in various capacities Iron Works, San Francisco. Bloor, Arthur J., engineer, Victoria, B. C., was born in same capacity on the barkentine A/lelan, and State of California until < on the steamships Orizaba, England in i86o and has been steamboating at Victoria since /1eyers, bark Henry Buck, ships Palestine his license and joined the tug Ethel I883, when lie ieceived I884, where he began on the Lot/ie. the past two years has been master of t as chief engineer. He was chief of two or three and Marion Blunhm, Gus, mate and master of sailing vessels, was born Marchanl.M' other tugboats and then renaiined ashore for about four years, in Germany in 1848. For the past few months lie has been * Brennan, William, master, Victoria, when he went back to the water as first assistant on the Celia, England in 1854 and came to British Colun Westport, Arago and Navarro. He was chief of mate of the barkentine Omega. Cosmopolis, was born in Reading, Ohio, the latter vessel for a short time and about a year ago was Bodnilan, Charles H., engineer, Bridgeman, Capt. E. C., Vancouver, appointed to the same position onl the Newsboy, in which in 1850, and died at Spokaiie, Wash., February 9, 1894. lie England in 1846. He sailed in deep-wat capacity lie is still running. was for many years one of the best known engineers ill the when he commenced steamboating on Pui in service of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company and followed since been engaged on several well known Bird, F. W., engineer, Seattle, was born inl New York has recentl Maria his profession on Puget Sound and the Siiake, Willamette and in British Columbia waters, and 1848 and began steainboating in the Northwest on the Columbia rivers. the Columbia River he followed his tug Manmie. Wilkins. After leaving Bolger, John, mate on sailing vessels, Victoria, B. C. profession as engineer on a number of Puget Sound steamers. Briggs, Albert J., ticket agent of the Ca part gatiou Company, Victoria, B. C., was was born in England in Bolles, Capt. Frederick. In sketch oil page 134, latter Birkensliaw, George V., engineer, than two iiights at sea on Ontario, in 1845. He coumnenced steaiib 1876 and has since been of ninth line, should read: " longer i856. He canie to Saii Fraiicisco in the up trip " instead of " one night at sea oii the down trip.' Ri/hel in 1882, running as purser on th, engaged on steamers running coastwise and on tugboats on Bollong, Capt. John S., was born in Boston in i86o. lie Victoria routes for four years, and has Shoalwater Bay and Gray's Harbor. He has served on the tugs steanmers Enterprise, PrincessLouise and Hunner, Astoria, Cruiser and steanier Sonth Bend, and has sailed on the Atlantic Coast until 1887, when he came to Puget recently been employed on the steamship George IV. Elder. Sound anid joined the steamer R%;ainier He was afterward on Briggs,Thomas L., agent of the Cana Dis'covery, and in September, iSi, tion Company, New Westminster, B. C., w; Before coming to the Pacific Coast he ran for two years between the tugs Quee Caity and New York and Liverpool. took command of the tug Tacoma, where he still remains. Ontario, in 1839. He was interested with ( the steamer Wilson G. He born in Englaiid in i86o and Bone, P., master and pilot, was born in Denmark. He the purchase of Bishop, Harry F., purser, was agent for the Canadian Pacific Navigatior steamboating in the Northwest since iS8o. His first began his marine service in the old country, but came to the has been organization. was with the Cassiar, which he left in i88i to enter the Pacific Coast in 1867 and joined the steamship ftcific as service Captain of Captain Irving, with whom lie has remained contin- seamnan, running oii her and the steamship Pelican, Brock, Capt. Eugene D., was born at I employ years. He then went on the tug his first uously for nearly fifteen years, serving as purser on all of the Carroll, for more than two has been steamboating since iS67, steamers owned by the Canadian Pacific Navigation Conmpany. Fannie, and in 1874 was mate oii the tug MAaiy Ann on steamer Ka/ata, running from Astoria to Humboldt Bay. He entered the Humboldt bar service, and present living at Astoria. Bishop, F. E. J., steward of steamship Tacoma, Tacoma, remained there until 1890, when he accepted his present posi- Brokaw, Gilbert H., San Francisco, ma Wash. tion as mate and pilot on the steamship Humboldt. Brown, Alexander R., wharfinger at t Bisset, David C., steward of Empress of China, Vancouver, Bone, Stanley, electrical engineer of Canadian Pacific B. C. toria, B. C., was born in Finland in 1856 1 Railway Company's steamship Empress of China. in the G) commenced coasting this coast out of San Francisco Bittel, John, mate on sailing vessels, Bosselman, John, steward, San Francisco. He retired from the water several years ag Francisco on the bark Rival in 1876. He has north from San Portland, Or. recently been engaged on the schooner Theresa. Bosworth, F. S., master and marine surveyor, Brown, Capt. Charles, was born in G Idaho, was born in Wis- came to San Francisco in 1859 and has bi was born in Denmark in T852 and began Boughton, Capt. J., Cmeur d'Alene, Bjorn, Capt. E., i86i and worked for a short time on the Mississippi in the coasting trade since, with the exi Coast about 1875 He ran as seaman oii cousin in sailing on the Pacific came to Ccur d'Alene in 1883 and is at present trips to Australia and other foreign ports. a number of well known coasters and as mate on the schooners River. He Hay- master and owner of the steam launch Edna. since 1870, and has had charge of the 1) Dashing Wave, Liberia, Twilight, Ida Snow and C. /v. Ocean Pearl, C of the schooner Bourne, Ulysses, engineer, was born in Marin County, Cal., Clara R. Su/il, schooners ward. He was then appointed master Eureka, Daisy Rowe, J. C. Ford and Del was lost off Crescent City in 1883, and has in I870 and is at present engaged on the steamer El/a B. Enterprise,which of which be is at present. since commanded the schooners Howard, Vega, General Ban- Bowden, Capt. C. E., was born in New Zealand in 1854. ning, Laura Madison, the bark Merom, and the four-masted He sailed out of Australian ports for a few years and in 1875 Brown, Douglas, mate of tug Lorne, schooner Meteor, of which he still has charge. came to Puget Sound, working on several of the small steamers. Brown, George J., engineer, was born Black, Edwin C., San Francisco, engineer of United States He has for the past few years been master of the L. J. Perry. He commenced steamboating on the Enu. lighthouse tender Afadrona. Bowden, R., second mate on sailing vessels, was born in Columbia River in 1878, and has run in d nearly all the steamers on the river. At I Capt. J. C., was born in Nova Scotia in 1827. England in 1855. He has been in service on the Pacific Coast Blackett, The Dalles, Or. His first marine business was in the Newfoundland trade. He since i886 and for the past three years has been engaged on the came to the Pacific Coast about thirteen years ago, but has Bundaleer, and on the [Vachus.set with Captain Williams. Brown, H., mate on sailing vessels, w engaged but little in the business since his arrival. He raised Bowen, C. A., engineer, was born in Wisconsin. He has I849 and came to the Pacific Coast in and repaired the bark Connanght wrecked in Victoria harbor, been on the Sound twenty-four years, where he began running mate and master on a number of well ki and was also interested in the steam schooner Triumph. At on the old Chehalis. Since that time he has been connected the past six years has been mate on thi present he is engaged in mining at Jervin Inlet, B. C. with a number of steamers and at present is on the Masco/le. Falk. Blackwood, E. E., agent of Puget Sound & Steam- Boyd, Harry C., was born in New York in i850. He ran as Brown, Capt. J. A., stevedore, Portlax ship Company, Victoria, B. C. purser and pilot on the Willamette River on all of the steamers Brown, James W., engineer, Marshfi Blackwood, Frank E., engineer, Portland, Or. of the Willamette Locks & Transportation Company from 1872 Scotland in i858. He commenced his n Gardiner, Me., and to I876. He retired from steanmboating many years ago and steamer Juno, where he remained as eng Blair, Tudor G., engineer, was born in capacity o in 1883. He was is now in the insurance business in San Francisco. He was afterward in the same commenced steamboating on the E//a While Annie, Ceres, Comet and oth( steamers Bella, Leonora, Senator, Boyd, John J., mate of sailing vessels, was born in Maine steamers afterward engaged on the been engaged on the tug Tonquin. He I Hiassalo, Skagit Chief City of Sea//le, in I858. He has been coasting north from San Francisco since North Pacifc, Olympian, license for nineteen years. Edith and others. Hle retired from the water in 1894 to accept 1875 and has recently been engaged on the ship Louis 11Walsh.