SEAMAN'S DEATH
DETECTIVES INQUIRING INQUEST WITHOUT BODY SPECIAL PERMISSION SOUGHT Detectives made inquiries yesterday into the circumstances of the death of a seaman on the motor-ship Limerick, Mr. Jack McMillan, who fell into the water between the ship's side and Prince's Wharf early yesterday morning and was drowned. Mr. McMillan, a married man aged about 55, had his home in Scotland. An unsuccessful attempt at rescue was made by one of the engineers on the Limerick, Mr. A. W. Tipping. The body was not recovered by a police party which searijhed in the vicinity yesterday. Dragging operations were carried out during the day, and will be continued this morning. Application was made yesterday to the Attorney-General, the Hon. H. G. E. Mason, for special permission to hold an inquest without a body. A reply is expected this morning by Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., coroner, who will hold the inquest, if permission is granted, before the departure of the Limerick. The ship is scheduled to sail for Wellington at noon to-day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22400, 22 April 1936, Page 12
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