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Captain Otis of Brunswick 96th birthday hero of seafaring life
Capt William M Otis of Brunswick marked his 96th birthday by climbing to the Brunswick Club for a Sixty Three game and daily town errands. A veteran of 114 vessels, he sailed worldwide from 1845 to 1870s, surviving a Gibraltar fog wreck and later retiring ashore after decades at sea.
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William M. Otis
Brunswick Club
Brunswick
Capt. Otis
Bunganue
James
Norfolk Va
Boston
Otis
Franconia
Falerone Islands
San Francisco
James Otis
West Indies
Betsey Snow
Great Island
Harpswell
Towaig
Irowstown
Janz
Benjamin
Europe
Columbus
Brunswik
Albert
Portland
Canton
Bath
North Star
Georgia
Arkansas
Havana
Isil
Rome
Helen Goodspeed
TSS