Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Haig, Harold Burgess August 25, 1947
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot August 26, 1947

             Cleaning Fluid Blamed in Death Of Ship Engineer

Harold Burgess Haig, 48, second engineer of the Canadian ship Argomont, died at 
sea of Cape Henry yesterday at 2:35 a.m. Death was believed to be the result of 
drinking cleaning alcohol.
Records from the ship's log noted the engineer had been suspected of drinking 
cleaning alcohol for several days but he denied it when questioned by the master 
of the vessel. Sunday he became seriously ill and lost his eyesight. Death came 
while the ship was about six hours from Cape Henry quarantine.
The vessel was tied up at Newport News and an investigation was made by Dr. T.D. 
Walker, Newport News city coroner. No verdict was returned pending an autopsy.
The Argomont is owned by the Argonaut Navigation Co., Ltd., of Montreal, Canada. 
She was returning from a foreign voyage. Hasler and Company is her local agent.
The body was taken to the Paul B. Warren and Son Funeral Home. Haig's wife, Mrs. 
Evlin Haig, was listed as living in Montreal. He was a native of Scotland.


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