This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZZB.2ACI/2787 Message Board Post: OBIT: OH-Warren Tribune 27 Sep 1917 DON REED: Hubbard; MayorWhite has received a letter from Lester Reed of the American Embassy at London stating that D Reed, whose parents lived in Hubbard, had met his death by an explosion at sea on the Cunnard Line Steamship Partatnia & requested him to locate his parents & inform them. Dan Reed, as he was known, was the son of Mr&Mrs Harry Reed, living near Doughton Station. He left here last May. He tried to enlist in the navy but being too large was rejected & when last heard from by his parents he stated he going to London on the steamer Partatnia & would be back in about 1 month. That was the latter part of May. He was never heard from since until his death was made known here. The letter did not state when he was killed, but stated that it was by an expolsion on the ship. The ship, a merchant vessel. Last winter he was employed as a policeman at Sheet&Tube Works here & was well known. ODDSTUFF----{further information unsearched--ship records etc}