. Marine Engineer . sion, shouldlead him to support and further the advancement of a societyestablished to uphold the dignity of the science and artnecessary 111 his life work. 422 THE MARINE ENGINEER AND NAVAL ARCHITECT. May i, 1908 OBITUARIES. Mr. Geo. A. Harris.—It is with deep regret that we havereceived intimation of the death through heat apoplexyof Mr. Geo. A. Harris, chief engineer of the Orient RoyalMail Steamship Omrah. whilst on a voyage from London tothe colonies. Mr. Harris, who only joined the Omrah inFebruary of this year, was formerly chief engineer of thesame companys steamer
. Marine Engineer . sion, shouldlead him to support and further the advancement of a societyestablished to uphold the dignity of the science and artnecessary 111 his life work. 422 THE MARINE ENGINEER AND NAVAL ARCHITECT. May i, 1908 OBITUARIES. Mr. Geo. A. Harris.—It is with deep regret that we havereceived intimation of the death through heat apoplexyof Mr. Geo. A. Harris, chief engineer of the Orient RoyalMail Steamship Omrah. whilst on a voyage from London tothe colonies. Mr. Harris, who only joined the Omrah inFebruary of this year, was formerly chief engineer of thesame companys steamer Orient, which he left about a yearago. owing to illness, when he obtained leave of is very sad that he should have been cut off so soonafter resuming duty, as it was hoped that he had beencompletely restored to health again. Mr. Harris was com-paratively speaking a young man. He was born at Green-wich m i860. He served his apprenticeship with Penn cv Sons from 1876 to 1881, and remained with. paper read before the members—and who was at that timea partner in the firm of Rait & Gardiner. Mr. Gibb was analderman of the borough of Greenwich, and his capacity forbusiness was highly esteemed in the Council chamber. Hisliberality was great and the services he rendered both to themunicipality and the surrounding district have left recordswhich will remain as memorials of his generosity. Of Presbyterian Church in Greenwich he was as a pillarof support, and the testimony borne by the minister of that Photo by The Exchange Studios, Sydney, (ieo. A. Harris. them two years after the expiration of his apprenticeship,joining the Orient Co. in 1883 as junior engineer in the Cusco,from which he rose to the position of second engineer of theChimboraso in 1890, then to chief engineer of the Lusitania in1896. He was transferred to the Austral in 1898 and to the(>> unt m 1903. Mr. Harris was a man who took great interestin his profession and was ver
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