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The Chicago Tribune
September 5, 1933


           CAPT. A. F. BROWN,
           55, COAST GUARD
           VETERAN, IS DEAD.
           
         Capt. ALBERT F. BROWN, who directed
       the rescue of hundreds of persons in
       the 15 years he had charge of the 
       South Chicago coast guard station,
       died yesterday afternoon, a few hours
       after he was taken to the Marina hos-
       pital. He had been ill about a year
       and was 55 years old.
         Capt. BROWN was born at Ludington,
       Mich., and was taken to the Cana light-
       house off the Washington shore when
       his father assumed charge there. For
       several years he was a sailor on great
       lakes schooners until 1901, when he
       entered the coast guard service at
       Sturgeon Bay, Wis. He became No. 1
       surfman here and in 1919 was placed
       in charge of the South Chicago station.
         Capt. BROWN aided in the rescue of
       all of the 14 men aboard a stone barge
       which foundered off Sturgeon Bay, and
       directed the saving of 7 men when the
       sand sucker Desmond sank near Chicago
       with the loss of 13 lives about 15
       years ago.
         Surviving Capt. BROWN are his widow,
       LORENZA, four sons and four daughters.
       Funeral plans are to be announced later.
       
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