The Evening Star, 20 November, 1910, Page 16
ALBERT W. PORTS DEAD
Had Been Rigger at Capitol More Than Forty Years
Albert W. Ports, 115 4th street sout-east, for more than forty years a rigger at the United States Capitol, died shortly after 8 o'clock last night at the Casualty Hospital. He suffered from uraemic poisoning.
The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the undertaking parlors of George P. Zurhorst, 2d and East Capitol streets southeast. Burial will be in Congressional cemetery. Rev. Dr. Weidly, pastor of the Church of Reformation, will conduct the services. The pallbearers have not been selected yet.
Mr. Ports, who was sixty-five years of age, was taken ill yesterday, shortly before noon, while in his office at the Capitol. He was moved to Casualty Hospital.
Mr. Ports was born in Washington. He was regarded as one of the most expert riggers in the United States. On several occasions when the "Goddess of Liberty" which surmounts the dome of the Capitol was to be cleaned it was the task of Mr. Ports to erect a skeleton scaffold in order that the cleaners might reach the top of the statue. He was known to many of the older residents of Capital Hill, as he had resided in Southeast Washington nearly all his life.
Mr. Ports had been a widower for many years. His son, who assisted him at the Capitol, died two years ago. He was a life member of Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, F. A. A. M. and Scottish Rite Masons.
Coroner Nevitt was notified of the death last night and will give a necessary death certificate.
ALBERT W. PORTS DEAD
Had Been Rigger at Capitol More Than Forty Years
Albert W. Ports, 115 4th street sout-east, for more than forty years a rigger at the United States Capitol, died shortly after 8 o'clock last night at the Casualty Hospital. He suffered from uraemic poisoning.
The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the undertaking parlors of George P. Zurhorst, 2d and East Capitol streets southeast. Burial will be in Congressional cemetery. Rev. Dr. Weidly, pastor of the Church of Reformation, will conduct the services. The pallbearers have not been selected yet.
Mr. Ports, who was sixty-five years of age, was taken ill yesterday, shortly before noon, while in his office at the Capitol. He was moved to Casualty Hospital.
Mr. Ports was born in Washington. He was regarded as one of the most expert riggers in the United States. On several occasions when the "Goddess of Liberty" which surmounts the dome of the Capitol was to be cleaned it was the task of Mr. Ports to erect a skeleton scaffold in order that the cleaners might reach the top of the statue. He was known to many of the older residents of Capital Hill, as he had resided in Southeast Washington nearly all his life.
Mr. Ports had been a widower for many years. His son, who assisted him at the Capitol, died two years ago. He was a life member of Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, F. A. A. M. and Scottish Rite Masons.
Coroner Nevitt was notified of the death last night and will give a necessary death certificate.
The Evening Star, 20 November, 1910, Page 16
ALBERT W. PORTS DEAD
Had Been Rigger at Capitol More Than Forty Years
Albert W. Ports, 115 4th street sout-east, for more than forty years a rigger at the United States Capitol, died shortly after 8 o'clock last night at the Casualty Hospital. He suffered from uraemic poisoning.
The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the undertaking parlors of George P. Zurhorst, 2d and East Capitol streets southeast. Burial will be in Congressional cemetery. Rev. Dr. Weidly, pastor of the Church of Reformation, will conduct the services. The pallbearers have not been selected yet.
Mr. Ports, who was sixty-five years of age, was taken ill yesterday, shortly before noon, while in his office at the Capitol. He was moved to Casualty Hospital.
Mr. Ports was born in Washington. He was regarded as one of the most expert riggers in the United States. On several occasions when the "Goddess of Liberty" which surmounts the dome of the Capitol was to be cleaned it was the task of Mr. Ports to erect a skeleton scaffold in order that the cleaners might reach the top of the statue. He was known to many of the older residents of Capital Hill, as he had resided in Southeast Washington nearly all his life.
Mr. Ports had been a widower for many years. His son, who assisted him at the Capitol, died two years ago. He was a life member of Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, F. A. A. M. and Scottish Rite Masons.
Coroner Nevitt was notified of the death last night and will give a necessary death certificate.
ALBERT W. PORTS DEAD
Had Been Rigger at Capitol More Than Forty Years
Albert W. Ports, 115 4th street sout-east, for more than forty years a rigger at the United States Capitol, died shortly after 8 o'clock last night at the Casualty Hospital. He suffered from uraemic poisoning.
The funeral will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the undertaking parlors of George P. Zurhorst, 2d and East Capitol streets southeast. Burial will be in Congressional cemetery. Rev. Dr. Weidly, pastor of the Church of Reformation, will conduct the services. The pallbearers have not been selected yet.
Mr. Ports, who was sixty-five years of age, was taken ill yesterday, shortly before noon, while in his office at the Capitol. He was moved to Casualty Hospital.
Mr. Ports was born in Washington. He was regarded as one of the most expert riggers in the United States. On several occasions when the "Goddess of Liberty" which surmounts the dome of the Capitol was to be cleaned it was the task of Mr. Ports to erect a skeleton scaffold in order that the cleaners might reach the top of the statue. He was known to many of the older residents of Capital Hill, as he had resided in Southeast Washington nearly all his life.
Mr. Ports had been a widower for many years. His son, who assisted him at the Capitol, died two years ago. He was a life member of Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, F. A. A. M. and Scottish Rite Masons.
Coroner Nevitt was notified of the death last night and will give a necessary death certificate.
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