FOUND DROWNED.
?-yha:^TOdy;bf^ a -fireman nqhied Dun- I
can . MeCrae" was found.-floating-• in \ Lyttelton ..Harbour. ..,McCrae;-' .who worked b'n\:tho Harhoui Board's tug,; was supposed to be oil .duty keeping,, steam upland he left: home shortly before 8 o'clock to go to the vessel. .So tar as can, be ascertained .he was I not seen afterwards, and it is ed that he fell into the water when go- - ing aboard, and was washed under the • wharf. MeCrae was a married man, j and had lived in the port for 20 !~ years and had been in the colony for nearly 48 years. It is a coincidence - that MeCrae was filling the position , on the tug of a fireman who was , drowned under similar circumstances about 12 months ago. -1 ! 1 1 [ | 1 ' I . J . t t s I s 1 v 1 * I c : 1 1 i > • ' I ! ' 1 l I ' ' J | 1 - -1 1 I
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 June 1907, Page 4
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154FOUND DROWNED. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 June 1907, Page 4
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