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Detroit Free Press
May 10, 1916

(died in sinking of the S. R. Kirby)


              CAPTAIN DAVID GIRARDIN, JR.

              CAPTAIN GIRARDIN, son of the late Captain DAVID GIRARDIN, a
            well known lake mariner, was born in Amherstberg, Ont., about
            40 years ago. He started life as a sailor when a youth, his
            first work being as an ordinary seaman. He worked on the old
            Forest City, E. M. Peck and R. J. Hackett. He was a mate with
            his father on the Harvey M. Brown when the elder GIRARDIN died
            suddenly while the vessel was going through the Straits of
            Mackinaw.

            Fitted Out Kirby
              Previous to this time he had been master of the Fayette Brown
            and the Yakima. Following his father's death he was appointed
            captain of the Harvy H. Brown. This boat he commanced until she
            was sold during the past winter, when he was transferred to the
            Kirby. He fitted out the Kirby at Duluth, and his boat was one
            of the first to get past the ice floes which retarded early
            spring navigation.
              He is survived by a widow, Mrs. EDITH PIZER GIRARDIN, and
            three children; REVA, 16; WHITNEY, 14, and ROBERT, 7. Two
            brothers, GEORGE, of Amherstburg, and Captain WALTER L.
            GIRARDIN, master of the steamer Castalia, of Cleveland, also
            survive. Mrs. A. O. CULLAM, of Amherstburg, is a half sister
            of the captain, and JOHN GLEESON, of Detroit, is a half
            brother. His brother-in-law, Captain A. O. CULLAM of Amherst-
            burg, is master of the steamer William E. Fitzgerald. He was a
            member of Detroit Shipmasters' Lodge, No. 7.
              Captain WILLIAM PIZER, commander of the steel barge George E.
            Hartnell which the Kirby was towing, is a brother-in-law of
            Captain GIRARDIN. Despite despatches to the effect that PIZER
            did not stand by, local mariners who are familiar with condi-
            tions at the scene of the accident, declare it would have been
            impossible for him to have rendered assistance, as his ship had
            no power of her own, and with the condition of the water and
            shores at that point it would have been a physical impossibil-
            ity to lower life boats over the side to send to the rescue.

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