Captain Richard Steadman, Mayor Captain Tony Tarracino and Cable Foreman John Fryer on theWestern.

TODAY IN KEY WEST HISTORY / May 23, 1997

Captain Richard T. Steadman died at age 75. He had commanded the cable ship Western Union from 1956 when he relived his father until 1973 when the ship was retired from cable work.

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