Saturday, April 01, 2006

South African ferry disaster victims named

Construction company Murray and Roberts Holdings has released the names of the South Africans killed in the Bahrain ferry disaster. They were 47-year-old Chris Braysher, 59-year-old Jimmy Allen, 39-year-old Lawrence Sulman and 51-year-old Allan Jeppe. Twenty-five-year-old Cathy Judd, the partner of a Murray & Roberts project worker, was also killed. Three more Murray and Roberts employees, all from the United Kingdom, died. The company says their next-of-kin and the survivors of the tragedy are being supported as they come to terms with the loss. Fifty-seven people were killed when a ferry capsized while on a pleasure cruise on Thursday night.

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Man's body discovered in Elsies River

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