At the time of his death he was the commanding officer of the armored cruiser "Detroit". He had contracted malaria while in China where he had been on a mission for the United States Government investigating the report of a massacre of fifteen Americans.∼Commander Newell Dead.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 5. -
Commander John Stark Newell of the United States armored cruiser Detroit is dead from anaemic{sic} condition of the blood. His remains will be sent to New York. Captain Newell's illness was contracted while undergoing the privations in connection with his labors as representative of the United States in the investigation of the massacres of missionaries at Kiepsin, Central China.
Austin Daily Herald; Austin, Minnesota.
September 5, 1896; Page One.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 5. -
Commander John Stark Newell of the United States armored cruiser Detroit is dead from anaemic{sic} condition of the blood. His remains will be sent to New York. Captain Newell's illness was contracted while undergoing the privations in connection with his labors as representative of the United States in the investigation of the massacres of missionaries at Kiepsin, Central China.
Austin Daily Herald; Austin, Minnesota.
September 5, 1896; Page One.
At the time of his death he was the commanding officer of the armored cruiser "Detroit". He had contracted malaria while in China where he had been on a mission for the United States Government investigating the report of a massacre of fifteen Americans.∼Commander Newell Dead.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 5. -
Commander John Stark Newell of the United States armored cruiser Detroit is dead from anaemic{sic} condition of the blood. His remains will be sent to New York. Captain Newell's illness was contracted while undergoing the privations in connection with his labors as representative of the United States in the investigation of the massacres of missionaries at Kiepsin, Central China.
Austin Daily Herald; Austin, Minnesota.
September 5, 1896; Page One.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 5. -
Commander John Stark Newell of the United States armored cruiser Detroit is dead from anaemic{sic} condition of the blood. His remains will be sent to New York. Captain Newell's illness was contracted while undergoing the privations in connection with his labors as representative of the United States in the investigation of the massacres of missionaries at Kiepsin, Central China.
Austin Daily Herald; Austin, Minnesota.
September 5, 1896; Page One.
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John Stark Newell
Commander U.S.N.
June 17, 1846
Sept. 3, 1896
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