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(United Prose Association—By Electric Telegr a ph—Oopyri ght). KILLED AT SEA. LONDON, Sept. 4. When . the Finnish sailing ship. Grace Harmar, was between New Zealand and ..Cape Horn, Ronald Walker, an Australian journalist serving as a seaman, went on the top gallant yard to clear a fouled gasket, but the upper yard carried away and he was killed, instantly. His watch mates brought the body down with great difficulty. The body was buried at sea next day. Walker was formerly on the staff of. the Hobart “Mercury.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1929, Page 5
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89GENERAL CABLES Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1929, Page 5
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