FERRY CATASTROPHE.
FOUR MORE BODIES FOUND.
DEAD NOW TOTAL 34.
(Received November 11, 10.35 p.m.)A. and N.Z. SYDNEY, Nov. 11. Four more bodies were to-dsiy recovered from the wreck of the ferry steamer Greycliffc. They were identified as those of Mr. Frank Hedges, of Clovelly, Mr William Barry, of Vaucluse, Mr. John Ragg, of Rose Bay, and Dr. Leo Brown, of Vaucluse.
The third of the bodies recovered yesterday has been identified as that of Mr. William Jones, of Vaucluse. The boy whose body was among these three was Bernard Landers, not Bernard Paul, as stated previously The dead now number 34 and the missing seven.
The Greycliffe, which had been partly raised, slipped back to the depths again as a result of a hawser parting Divers are working under very dangerous conditions owing to their air-pipes being endangered by the wreckage released as the hull is moved.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19792, 12 November 1927, Page 11
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148FERRY CATASTROPHE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19792, 12 November 1927, Page 11
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