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Buffalo Courier Express
January 7, 1949


               WILLIAM G. MALTBY
               
                  One of the most widely known
               Great Lakes captains, WILLIAM G.
               MALTBY, 78, died Wednesday at his
               home, 332 Bird Ave. Funeral ser-
               vices will be held at 2 p.m. to-
               morrow at Forest Lawn Chapel.
               The Rev. WALTER V. WATSON, minis-
               ter of the Bethlehem Presbyterian
               Church, will officiate.
                  He was born in Ogdensburg in
               1870 and began his career as a
               seaman at the age of 15.
                  In the early 1900's he joined
               the Tomlinson Fleet of Duluth and
               Cleveland and became the first
               master of the Fred G. Hartwell,
               which in 1908 was considered the
               newest and best steel-hulled ship
               on the lake.
                 He was the recipient of two
               Carnegie Medals for heroism. In
               November, 1913, during a heavy
               storm, the steamer Major founder-
               ed off Whitefish Point, above the
               Sault Ste. Marie locks. CAPT. MALT-
               BY was given the credit for the
               rescue and towing of the ship to
               safety after it had been abandoned.
               The second rescue took place just
               off Southeast Shoal near the mouth
               of the Detroit River. He was 
               credited with rescuing the 12 crew
               members of the steamer M. F. BUTTERS
               just before it sank.
                  At the time he retired in 1937
               he was in command of the 630-foot
               freighter, James Davison, one of
               the largest on the lakes. He was a
               member of the Ogdensburg Lodge of
               Elks.
                  He is survived by his wife, the
               former MARY HAND; two sons, COL.
               CHARLES H. MALTBY, vice-president
               of the Lincoln National Bank of
               Syracuse, and WILLIAM H. MALTBY;
               a brother, CAPT. HERBERT C. MALTBY
               of Ogdensburg, and two sisters, MRS
               NELLIE KNUDSON and MRS. FRANKLIN
               RICHTER.
               
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