Death At Sea
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While at sea, off the Q u e ensland coast, on February 22, Mr. Sydney R.
Jones, en gineer of MV “R u e n a” collapsed from a heart at tack and died shortly after wards.
The master of the ship (Captain D.
Baay) radioed to Brisbane for assistance as soon as Mr. Jones be came ill, but the engineer died before aid could reach him.
He was a married man, aged about 50.
He was well
known among Islands people and had previously worked on the BP vessel “Mamutu.”
R. Jones.