Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Etheridge, James Crawford February 19, 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand dotstrawhand@yahoo.com July 27, 2021, 2:14 pm Virginian Pilot February 20, 1901 DIED ON A YACHT Keeper Etherige Asphyxiated on Steam Yacht Scilla Charles Capps is in a Precarious Condition at Protestant Hospital -- Both Norfolk Men -- Scilla Belongs to Banker Jarvis, of New York, and is in Winter Quarters Here The trim and pretty steam yacht "Scilla," of New York, owned by Banker Jarvis, of that city and Havana, which is at present in winter quarters in the Hague, was the scene of a sad and tragic death early yesterday morning. Mr. Jarvis not long since cruised up the coast from Florida in the "Scilla" and left her in the charge of Mr. James Crawford Etheridge whose home is on 31st Street in Park Place. Mr. Etheridge immediately moved on board the boat and had lived on her since that time. On Monday night he asked Mr. Charles Capps to spend the night with him on board. They went to bed in the captain's stateroom which is near the galley. A fire was left burning in the galley stoves and the coal gas which escaped from the galley stove is what caused the death of Captain Tredwell Sands, of the steam catboat Lizzie, noticed no sign of life on board yesterday morning and took a skiff and rowed over to the yacht. He found Mr. Etheridge was deceased but a remaining spark of life in Mr. Capps. He immediately went to work to resuscitate Mr. Capps. Being successful he was able to run above and call to shore for a doctor. One was quickly on the scene and had Mr. Capps removed to a hospital. A brief rewrite of story on page 2 of the Virginian Pilot Wednesday February 20, 1901 ******************************************************************* The obsequies of the late James C. Etheridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Etheridge, whose untimely death has been noted in these columns, will be solemnized from Park Avenue Baptist Church at 11 o'clock a.m. today. Virginian Pilot February 21, 1901 Additional Comments: Elmwood File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/e/etheridg18329gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb