THE MISSING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26622, 19 November 1947, Page 4

THE MISSING

FIRST COUNT FORTY-TWO NAMES P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 18. Forty-two persons were reported missing to the police after the fire. This figure included 28 persons whose unidentified bodies were removed from the building and one woman who died of injuries in hospital. Thirty-seven names were on the list of employees supplied to the police by the firm, and three other persons were reported missing by friends or relatives. Two auditors who were in the building at the time of the fire were also -reported missing, and four other persons were described as “doubtful,” as they may not have heard the radio call to reporl at the barracks. The list of missing is:— W. J. Hudson, secretary of the company. Arthur Stewart, a partner in the firm of Stewart and Beckett, public accountants. Mawson Stewart, an employee of the firm. Employees of Ballantyne’s Jessie Stewart Smith, 148 Peverei street, Riccarton, credit department. Mertyl Joy Wilby, 23 Clive street, credit office. Judith Lloyd, 32 Dormer street, credit office. Eileen Gillard, 273 Amargh street, credit office. Mary Forde, 75 Montreal street, credit office. Gerald Hampson, 35 Sales road, credit office. Marie Hampson, 35 Sales road, credit office. Edwin A. Brown, 17 Elgin street, credit office. Agnes Ferriter, 862 Colombo street credit office. Ruth Lillian Bradbury, 7 Ashgrove terrace, clerical department. Muriel Serra, 11 Tilford street, credit department. Helen Hamilton, 24 Ayr street, credit department. Nellie Christensen, 27 Chapel street. Alan Lawson, 41 Bishop street, credi' office. John Harold Welsh Lough, 115 Merivale lane, accounts department. Patricia Diver, 53 Ranfurly street, Kaiapoi, accounts department. Iris Evelyn Elwood, 81 Barbour street. millinery department. Kitty Webb, 15 Western terrace, millinery department. Shirley Dome Coles, 478 Cashel street. millinery department. Jean Dick, Hutchinson street, Sydenham, millinery department. Willomina Hepburn, 113 Burke street. millinery department. Vilma Osvath, 113 Peveril street, millinery department. Rosaline Hayman, 23 Mayfield avenue, St. Albans, millinery department. Isobel Ward, 1 Dover street, display department. Jane Kinsman Challis, 71 Crystal street, display department. Joyce Street, 352 Manchester street, retail college. Clarice Blair, 103 St. Albans street. Miss Beale, 13 Nayland street, clerical department. Mrs Were, 18 Berry street, clerical department. Mr Hudson, clerical department. Mr McKibbin, clerical department Miss Kerr, clerical department. Mrs McLean, 1 Garden road, clerical department. Kath Newton, 158 Ollivier's road, Linwood. Mrs Violet May Code (or Coady), died from injuries. Colin Frederick Lovell, King street, Rangiora. Reported Missing by Friends Mary Kelliher, Y.W.C.A., credit office. Ella Baker, Colombo street, dressmaking department. Dawn Fahey, 116 Peterborough street. Four women, one from the underclothing department, were on the list described as “doubtful.”