Cornish and Devon Post 19 Dec 1903 The Fishing Disaster Two More Bodies Found Walter MITCHELL John OATEN

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The Launceston. The Cornish and Devon Post Saturday 19 Dec 1903
Page 5


PORT ISAAC.


The boys and girls of St. Endellion have collected £3 10s. For Dr. Barnardo's Homes.


The Fishing Disaster.


RECOVERY OF TWO MORE BODIES.

Two more of the bodies (those of Walter MITCHELL and John OATEN) of the young men drowned in Port Isaac Bay, were found on the rocks, near Varley Point, on Friday afternoon. The only means of identification were certain tattoo marks. The bodies were interred on Sunday afternoon in one grave in St. Endellion Churchyard. John MITCHELL's body is still unrecovered.


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