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Port Huron Times-Herald
Wednesday, September 3, 1913


                          CAPT. JAMES REID
                          
                The death of CAPTAIN JAMES REID removes
              a figure prominent in marine circles and
              known from one end of the lakes to the
              other because of his absolute determination
              and unbounded energy. As a wrecker, in the
              generally accepted use of the word among
              vesselmen, CAPTAIN REID had no equal. No
              job was too big or too difficult for him
              to tackle and some of the wrecking feats
              successfully performed by him were con-
              sidered simply marvelous. He "knew no such
              word as fail" and failure seldom followed
              his efforts. Although laid low at various
              times by the illness which finally resulted
              in his death, he fought with that same grim
              will power which marked his career as a boat
              wrecker, pulling himself together time and
              again, where other men must have succumbed
              long ago. Marine men will mourn the pass-
              ing of this veteran of the lakes, not only
              because of his many sterling qualities,
              but because of the fact that his place will
              be hard to fill.
              
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The British Whig
Kingston, Ont.
Thursday, September 4, 1913

                      CAPT. REID IS DEAD
                      
                Detroit, Sept. 4 - CAPT. JAMES REID,
              president of the REID Wrecking Co., of
              Sarnia, died Tuesday night in Detroit.
              For over forty years CAPT. REID has been
              the most dominent figure in the wrecking
              annals of the lake marine. Four years ago
              the captain was forced to retire because
              of ill health. He leaves a family of five
              sons and three daughters.
              
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