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[Welland Tribune, 15 July 1898]

Our town narrowly escaped contributing a victim to the Burgogne disaster, in the person of Geo. Stalker, Jr. Mr. Stalker is in the employ of Mundell & Company of Chicago, and it was expected that he would go via the Burgogne to Paris, to purchase goods for the firm. For some reason or other Mr. Stalker did not go, but the trip was undertaken by Mr. Wright, formerly of St. Catharines, who perished on the ill fated French steamer. Further reference to Mr. Wright is published elsewhere in this paper. Mr. Stalker will now, in all probability, be sent on the Paris trip as originally intended.

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