SEARCH FOR BODY.
WATERFRONT DROWNING.
Efforts to recover the bodv of John McCormick. aged 37, a Scotsman, who p'VL d . rm,, ' e(l wlnle swimming between nnces wharf and the ferrv tee yesterday afternoon, have so far proved"unsuc- ? SS «i was a deck hand ' " , having joined the Ms>el at Wellington some weeks ago. Kescue efforts immediatelv after the tragedv were of „„ avail, three vom,« men. .Messrs. K. Jamison. W. H. Clpn"i on nnd K. B. Thompson, all of BlockHouse Bay were watching the swimmer, and "hen ho was seen to he in difficulties Mr. Jameson dived in fully clothed. At the same time Mr. Prescott. a Tongan watersider, also went to the rescue. Two other men working on the rui. Messrs. J. McCarthy and Cvril iearee. also swam to the snot, but could find no trace of the bodv. By that time a dinghy had been procured and the wharf police and St. John Ambulance officer were in attendance. Air. Jameson then swam back to the steps and with his companions set out in the dinghy to drag for the body. Two employees of the Harbour Board ill so rowed out in a smaller boat to help, and the launch Olive Jean was commissioned by the police to assist. Dragging operations were continued throughout the afternoon without suecess.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 300, 18 December 1937, Page 7
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