The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-07-09
ALEX MASH SUccUMBED TO
PNEUMONIA ON SUN.
DAY MORNING.
LAID ITO REST IN PALMETTO
Death Caused by Symptoms Contract
ed from His Near Drowning at St.
simons on Fourth-Was Chief En-.
gineer on Steamship Bodo.

Particularly sad was the death of
Alex Mast, chief engineer of che
Brunswick Bahama line steamer Bodo
which occurred at the city hospital at
z O'Clock Sunday morning. It will
be remembered that Engineer Mast
came very near drowning in the surf
at ST. Simon at noon July 4, and only
the heroic efforts of three physicians
who labored increasingly for hours,
prevented his death at that time.
Engineer Mast and two of his COM
rades, First Mate P. Brobe and Sea-
man Herbert Fahre, all of the crew
of the Bodo, went to st. Simon on the
morning of the Fourth to enjoy the
festivities of the day. At noon the
three friends went in the surf, and
according to the statement o. the
physicians, Mast had been drinking,
was unsteady on his feet, and in three
feet of water lost his balance and
fell. S soon as his companions CD
served his condition they rushed TO
his assistance, and finally draGged him
on The beach more dead than alive
For two solid hours or more DIS. Nan
ney of Brunswick, Jones of Offerman,
and Dean of Dawson, aided b. a num-
Der Of bystanders, worked faithfully
on the job of resuscitatiOn This was
finally accomplished, but naturally the
unfortunate man was in a very weak
condition, and it was not deemed ad-
Visable to move him pending lis i'm
prOVement
Brought to the Ciry Saturday.
However, he gained strength, al
though he absolutely refused to take
any nourishment, and Saturday at
noon was brought to the city on the
steamer Sea Gate and was Immediate
ly carried to the city hospital He
! had strength enough to walk from
the Bellevue hotel, where he had
occul led room since the accident,
to the steamer landing at Ocean Pier,
and on arriving in Brunswick also
walked from the docks to a nearby
carriage without assistance. He Tever
it seems that he grew weaker imme-
diately upon arriving at the city hos
pital, and while DR.. G. w. Blanton,
house surgeon in charge of the hos
pital, did everything possible for his
relief he died early Sunday morning
of traumatic pneumonia which, Of
course, was caused by the injurious
effect of the salt water in his lungs
and by the treatment following the
accident.
Funeral Here Yesterday.
1t was a sad little scene witnessed
in the chapel of the Moore Unjertak-
ing Establishment at 10 O'Clock yes
terday morning when the funeral SER
vice occurred. The body hal been
moved to the Moore undertaking par
1ors on Sunday and it was announced
that the interment would occur here.
The service was conducted by the
Rev. T. B. Epting of the Lutheran
church, and those present were only
Captain Larsen, Mate Brobe and Sea-
man Fahre of the Bodo, A R Hen
sell of the Parker Hensell Engineer
ing Co, and DR.. w. N. Nanney, who
attended the unfortunate man on the
island Thursday. DR.. Epting was
particularly impressive in the fune-
raj service referring to the sadness
of the suddenness of the death, to the
absence of loved ones, and to the
burial of stranger in strange land !
After fitting expressions at the chapel,
the little funeral cortege wended it's
way to the Palmetto cemetery, and |
here, in the allotment of the Marine
Hospital service lots, the last sad |
rites were said.
Something of the Dead Man.
Alex Mast was 50 years old, and
was born in Finland where he is s"~
vived by wife and two or three |
children, and several other kinsfolk
He joined the crew of the Bodo, which /
is now on the marine ways in Bruins
wick and is to take the place of the
Admiral Dewey in the Brunswick-Ba-
hama lire, one year ago and aas been
serving as chief engineer since that
time
Captain Larsen of the Bodo, speaks
in highest terms of the dead man
He said he made a good officer, but
was of a somewhat morose disposi-