THE PROGRESS WRECK.
BRAVERY OF CONSTABLES. OFFICIAL RECOGNITION. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Mondn>. The commissioner of police, Mr. W. G. Wohlmann, has granted records of merit to Constable W. S. Hammond, of the Taranaki Street station, for his gallant attempt to save lives of members of the crew of the steamer Progress which was wrecked at Ohiro Bay on May 1, and to Constable Baker, of Island Bay, for gallantly saving the life of a member of the crew of the Progress. MEMORIAL TO VICTIMS. TABLET IN CHURCH UNVEILED. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] WELLINGTON. Monday. In memory of the four men who lost their lives when the Progress was driven on the rocks at Ohiro Bay on May 1 a tablet was unveiled last evening at Sailors' Friends Society Church by the Mayoress, Mrs. T. C. A. Hislop. It bore the inscription: "Erected by friends in loving memory of those who were drowned from the S.S. Progress in Island Bay. May 1, 1931."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20900, 16 June 1931, Page 8
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163THE PROGRESS WRECK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20900, 16 June 1931, Page 8
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