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City of Buffalo saved by quick actions of young quartermaster
Chicago Times Herald recounts the near disaster of the steamer City of Buffalo on Lake Erie. John P. Barrett, 19, steered past a dangerous reef in August dawn, waking the crew and averting catastrophe that would have shattered families across Fairport and Cleveland. He chose a different path, later becoming a famed electrician rather than a life at sea.
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