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Albert Dampier

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Albert Dampier

Birth
Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, USA
Death
12 Jan 1922 (aged 33–34)
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
Burial
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Albert Dampier, negro, captain of the fishing schooner Ida of the S. Felicione fleet was drowned about 12 o'clock Thursday in the Hillsborough river. According to eye witnesses of the drowning, Dampier was in a stupor from drink and made two attempts to jump into the river, the second one resulting in his drowning. The first time the man jumped overboard from the schooner, but was rescued when he arose to the water's surface.

The Bradford County Telegraph
Starke, Florida
Friday January 20, 1922 Page 3
Albert Dampier, negro, captain of the fishing schooner Ida of the S. Felicione fleet was drowned about 12 o'clock Thursday in the Hillsborough river. According to eye witnesses of the drowning, Dampier was in a stupor from drink and made two attempts to jump into the river, the second one resulting in his drowning. The first time the man jumped overboard from the schooner, but was rescued when he arose to the water's surface.

The Bradford County Telegraph
Starke, Florida
Friday January 20, 1922 Page 3

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