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Henry Bailey (d. 1919)

Henry Bailey was the master of the sternwheeler Phillip B. Low in 1898, the master of the Casca in 1903, the master of the Schwatka in 1906, the master of the Norcom in 1913 and the master of the Nasutlin in 1916.1) Captain Bailey died from cancer in Mayo where his boat, the Nasutlin, was wintering. Bailey was a junior Captain, joining the British Yukon Navigation Co. when they took over the Barrington interests. He had been running boats on the river since 1898 and was a very capable master.2)

1)
Jerry E. Green, Yukon Riverboat Captains. 2019 website: http://www.users.miamioh.edu/greenje/#B
2)
Yukon Archives, Cor 722 (1919) WP&YR. RGI II-I
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