New-York tribune., 1903-06-03
H,G. MORSE'SS SUDDEN END
DIES IN THE ASTOR HOUSE.
Stricken nth Apople.ry in j. P.
Morgan & Co.'S Offices.

Henry G. Morse. president of the New-York
Shipbulding Company. the extensive plant of
which is at Camden, n. J.. stricken with
apoplexy while in the Office of J. P. Morgan &
Co at about 230 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and died an hour later at the Astor House.
Mr.. Morse had called at the Office Of j
P. Morgan & Co. TO see a member of the
firm with whom he personally &C
quainted. The call was purely social. and
after a few minutes conversation Mr.. Morse
Went away. Soon afterward he returned with a
friend. with whom he retired 10 the private
Office Of the firm for conference. a few min
utes later the second man came out OF the pri-
vate room and said that Mr.. Morse was feeling
i'll. The member of the firm who was Mr.
Morse's friend went in. and found him seated at
the side Of table with his head in his hands
Mr., Morse was conscious, and complained Of d
heavy feeling in the back Of the head.
A physician called in, who diagnosed the
case as probab bly, one of Indigestion Mr.. Morse
asked whether it would be best for him to take
q train home to Philadelphia. whether he
should remain here. The physician advised him
to stay in town until he felt better, and offered
10 send for an ambulance IN which to take the
patient to a hotel. Mr Morse consented TO this
and private ambulance was called. Before it
arrived, however, he had become worse. and
O-tAN-e Ht'sAA1N@
OF his head
The appearance OF the ambulance al the
Broad-st entrance of the Mills Building caused
d large crowd to assemble and various runors
as to the reason for its coming We're circulated
From the private Office OF J. P Morgan & Co.
there is exit into the Mills Building, and Mr..
Morse, aided by two men, left the room by this
exit and walked feebly down the big stairway
leading to the street where he was placed in the
ambulance AS soon as Mr.. Morse reached the
Astor House and had been placed in room
DR.. harrington. the hotel physician, took charge
of the case He did everything possible for
Mr.. Morse, but without avar.
Mr.. Morse was at the office of the Nev-York
Shipbuidng Company, No. l Broadway, yes
terday morning, and was to have returned there
In the afternoon. Captain William G. Randle,
treasurer of the company, was advised Of the
death OF Mr.. Morse as soon as It occurred. and
he teegra phed that ne would start at once from
Camden for this city. ". De ". Dimock. agent
Of the company IN this city left here for VIII
1nington yesterday afternoon on the 2.2o o'clock
train.
Mr.. Morse was born in Poland. Ohio. on April
10 1856 He was graduated from the Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, il 1911, and en-
tered the service Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
ar an engineer. In 1873 he became engineer for
the Wrought Iron Bridge Company, Of Canton.
Ohio, ard continued that employment ullLtt
1878 after which. for nine years, he was d part
ner IN the Morse Bridge Company, of foungs-
town. Ohio. During the next nine years he was
president OF the Edgemoor Bridge Works, at
Wilmington, Del. Mr. Morse then went into
shipbuiI ifnr From 1896 1898 he was presI-
dent of the Harlan q HollingsWorth Company.
a. Wilmington. and after that took mp the or
ganization of the Neu-York Shipbuilding Com
pam His home was at Woodbury. near Cam
den n j. Mr.. Morse well known in this
city and was member of the Union League
Club, the New England Society. the American
Society of Civil Engineers. the American Insti-
tute Of Mechanical Engineers. the University
Club and the CLUB composed OF the graduates
Of the Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute.
After an absence of about six months IN ku-
rope he returned home about three weeks ago
Cards haJ beer issued for the marriage OF his
eldest daughter next Saturday in Philadelphia
Mr. Morse was . lifelong personal friend OF
President Mckinney. His wife, three sons ana
two daughters survive him.
tn New-York ShipJuiiding Company. Of
which the dead man was head, was formed in
October 1899 and has on :he Delaware River
s+ Camden 4 large plant for the manufacture
and construction OF ships, marine engines ana
boilers The authorized capital stock OF the
company is SO,DG.tuN-