LAUNCH RAISED
HARBOUR FATALITY RECOVERY OF BODY (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The body of Frederick James Brasell, who lost his life when the fishing launch Dolphin was struck by a shot from the shore battery in Lyttelton Harbour on Thursday, was recovered on Saturday night, after the Dolphin had been raised by the Harbour Board’s pile-driving pontoon. The inquest was opened yesterday morning before Mr. F. F. Reid, S.M., and was adjourned after evidence of identification had been given. The Coroner ordered a post mortem examillation to be made. The successful raising of the big launch was the culmination of many hours of patient work under trying conditions by a band of volunteer helpers consisting of fishermen and shipwright workers. Wire hawsers were taken (from the Dolphin to the pontoon's winch, and the launch was raised to the surface, after which tlie tug Lyttelton II towed the pontoon and launch to the inner harbour.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20069, 16 October 1939, Page 6
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