SAILOR FOUND DEAD
4 By Telegraph.—peess association. Gisborne, February 14. The visit of H.M.S. Diomede to Gisborne was marred by a fatal accident. Early this morning the body of one of the members of the crew, George Oswald Carr, a telegraphist, was found lying in a yard at the back of the Albion Hotel. Tfte deceased, with a mate, Thomas Preece, had attended a dance, and had put up at the hotel for the night, and Carr left his room for a few moments, and Preece fell asleep. Carr’s body was found in the hotel yard by the night porter at 5 a.m. The deceased was a married man with one child. His wife is living in England. He had had twelve years’ service with the Navy.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 117, 15 February 1928, Page 15
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127SAILOR FOUND DEAD Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 117, 15 February 1928, Page 15
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