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• T. L.iCaptain Thomas LeonardHiggs of Gibsons, B.C. passed away in hospital in Vancouver, B.C. on the morning of March 14th, 1968, at the age of 78.His death brought to the close a long and useful life connected almost entirely with the sea. He was born in NethertonHampshire, England in 1889coming to South Pender IslandL. S.hadHis firstwaswith his mother, Mrs.in 1892 to the home which been developed by his father, Lewis Leonard Spalding Higgs where his childhood was lived until entering the towboat and shipping industry as a veryyoung lad.employment with the Young Gore Tow-boat Company when he joined the veteran tug Sea deckhand when she was tied up awaiting favorable weather to proceed from Pender Island to the United States with K a tow. r\ 0of logs. Later he left the‘tugs and joined the passenger vessel Iroquois owned by Captain Sears of Sidney, was lost off Sidney, B.C. in 1911 with all but a few of its personnel and passengers.Lion asThis vesseloldtimver where he was continuously employed until the commencement of World War One at which time he entered the Royal -Canadian Navy and saw activePrior to this, Tom Higgs hadservice overseas until 1919 when he re-entered the service of the Coyle Company to be their senior master for many years until leaving their employment in 1930 to join his brother, Capt. W. Y. Higgs in the founding of the Gabriola]3]Jlt;ilt;ctc1ftf\ISjoined the pioneer towing firm Island Ferry service where rof Greer and Coyle of Vancou- they, as partners, designed and c
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Gibsons Coast News
Gibsons, British Columbia, CA
Thu, Mar 21, 1968
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