Surgeon James Stoughton, U.S. Navy, of the U.S.S. Castine, was returning on board about 12 o'clock on Sunday night in company with a brother officer. In stepping into a sampan he slipped and went overboard. A strong ebb tide was running and he was swept under some adjacent junks. The officer with him dived after him, but without success. The body was recovered at 6 a.m., yesterday, and was taken on Monday afternoon to the Chapel of the Bubbling Well Cemetery, where the funeral took place at 8 a.m., on Tuesday.
Doctor Stoughton was well known here, having served for some time on the U.8.8. Monocacy. He leaves a wife and two children, who are at present at Yonkers, New York. He was for three years at the Naval Hospital, Yokohama, and it has been five years since he left the United States for duty on this station.
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