Fate of Missing Hulk-keeper
BODY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND. Fer Press Association. WELLINGTON, Nov. 26. A body believed to be that of A. N. Briggs, caretaker of the coal hulk Alameda, who has been missing since November 7, was found this morning some distance off Fryatt Quay wharf by the crew of a yacht. At the time of Mr. Briggs’ disappearance there was a choppy sea in the harbour and it is thought he slipped from the hulk’s stern ladder. Mr. Briggs was the father of 10 children and spent most of his early life on the Alameda. He was a wellknown and popular figure on the Wellington waterfront. His father, also a hulk-keeper, was drowned while employed on Johnston and Company's hulk Oreti about 30 years ago.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 280, 27 November 1939, Page 7
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