OBITUARY.
FAMOUS AMERICAN ADMIRAL. By ToloEraph—Procs Association—Oopyrdjrht (I'ec. April 1, fI.HO p.m.) New York, March 31. The death is announced of Kear-Ad-inirnl John Moore, chief engineer of the United States Navy, aged 80.' The late Admiral Moore entered the United Statos Navy as an assistant engineer ill 1853. Ho saw « good deal of active service during the Civil War, and ivas the originator of , chain cable protection on the side of wooden ships, and of "war paint" for making ships less visiblo in action and at. night, lie also invented fighting lops, which aro now universal in ivar vessels.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1713, 2 April 1913, Page 7
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99OBITUARY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1713, 2 April 1913, Page 7
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