BROWNED IN THE HARBOUR.
BODY FOUND AT DEVONPORT. The body of a ward-room steward frctt|||| H.M.S. Chatham, Hubert Charles Chinnery, was found floating off the Devon:/ .;/ port promenade, on.the eastern side of the x / Victoria. Wharf, at 8 a.m. on Saturday.' ' From the position of the body it is eon- -,- sidered that death was due to drowning, | but beyond that nothing is known as to { v?|j the cause of the fatality. ' * Chinnery was a single man, 55 years, of %'. age, and joined, the Chatham when s«« was appointed to the New Zealand station. Prior to that he had lived with . relatives in London. He wag Tast seen - leaving the ship, which '■ was moored at ' , the Sheerlegs Wharf, Calliope Dock, at % :.- about 8 p.m. on 1 Friday. . Acquaintances . state that be complained of a weak heart. An inquest was; opened before Mr. i: sjSjm R. • McKean, S.M., ~on : Saturday after- ! noon, when evidence .of -identification was Retaken. The inquiry 'was then adjourned. ■ ; -'" ■■:;■ ■■•••■- ■■< -•*•■"- -■' "•'■:' ■'■''<.: ■ ' ■ - ■".■■. ■ ■■: ...-* -■ ■'.:■■'■■ ;>,-■'. - - ■ ' ■• ■ , : •'■/'■:: ■■■■:.• ..'-■■- - -:ift»i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 6
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162BROWNED IN THE HARBOUR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 6
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