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O.H. PHILLIPS – ENDED HIS LIFE
[Welland Tribune, 14 January 1910]
O.H. Phillips, chief engineer on the steamer Strathcona, which is wintering here, committed suicide Wednesday afternoon shortly after three o’clock. Henry Shickluna, who was working at the steamer’s engines, heard a revolver shot and, rushing to the engineer’s cabin, found him lying in his berth dead. He had shot himself through the head. Deceased was about forty years of age and an old countryman. He had no relatives in this country. No motive for the deed is known, except that Phillips had been drinking some. It is supposed he took his life while in a state of melancholy. Coroner Dr. Hutton was summoned, but considered an inquest unnecessary. The owners of the Strathcona were notified and arrived Wednesday night.
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