Robert H. Burt 1879-1916

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Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 8/29/2014 at 00:33:08

Drowned in the Pacific Ocean
Brother of Our Townsman, Roy A. Burt, Drowned Near Lopez Island, On the Pacific Coast
Roy A. Burt received a telegram the latter part of last week informing of the death of a brother, Robert H. Burt. From what can be learned it would appear that Mr. Burt fell from a fishing boat. He with another party have a large fishing boat on the Pacific coast near Lopez Island. They were out on a fishing trip, and having filled the boat, started for the market. Mr. Burt had the night shift, there being but the two men on the boat. When the partner woke in the morning the boat was stopped and Mr. Burt was gone.

It was evident the boat had struck one of those floating islands of hemp that breaks loose in those waters. This moss was entangled about the propeller and as soon as it could be loosened a search was made, but the body could not be found, and up to the present time it has not been located. It is thought he fell overboard while undertaking to loosen the moss.

While Mr. Burt is not so well known here, he was born and raised in this county, near Armstrong, leaving there about fourteen years ago. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, July 5, 1916)