TWENTY-EIGHT DEAD, SEVENTEEN MISSING

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 196, 8 November 1927, Page 9

TWENTY-EIGHT DEAD, SEVENTEEN MISSING

CASUALTY LIST OF DISASTER IN SYDNEY HARBOUR

By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 10.25 a.m. SYDNEY, To-day. Since the harbour disaster, twenty-six bodies have been recovered and two people have djed in hospital, making the total of known deaths 28. Seventeen are known to be missing.

■ Eight others are being inquired for by relatives or friends as possible passengers on the Greycliffe at the time of the accident. There is also Mrs. Milsom, of Elwood, Victoria, whose handbag was found by divers on Sunday in the sunken wreckage. The wreckage of the Greycliffe was raised to the surface yesterday. Contrary to expectations no further bodies were discovered. The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, says the Commonwealth Government will hold an inquiry immediately into the cause of the disaster without any connection with the State inquiry.—A. and N.Z.