TRAGEDY UP ALOFT
fc\D OF A JOURNALIST (Aust. and N.Z. Cable) (Received Sepf... o, 2 p.m.) v', - London, Sept. 4. ’When the Finnish sailing ship Grace Hitrmar was between New Zealand and; Cape Horn, Ronald AValker, mi Australian, journalist formerly of Hobart, serving as a seaman, went OUf, on a. topgallant yard to clear a fdnied gasket. Ruj, the upper yard carried away find be was killed instantly. .
. \H is mates brought (ho body down with greaj difficulty and if was buried a{. sea next day.
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Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2304, 5 September 1929, Page 8
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