Derek_Bullock
08-01-2006, 08:22 AM
Is fishing becoming more dangerous or are people taking unnecessary risks. #We have seen recent deaths in Moreton Bay however they are happening more and more frequently.
Derek
Drowning Of Rock Fisherman – Coffs Harbour
6 January 2006
A rock fisherman has drowned after being washed off a rock wall on the state’s mid-north coast yesterday.
About midday (5 January), a 30-year-old Bonville man was fishing with a friend off the southern break wall of the Coffs Harbour Boat Harbour when he was washed from the wall by a wave.
The man’s friend attempted to help him from the water by throwing him a rope.
Whilst trying to climb out of the water the man struck and injured his head on rocks causing him to lose consciousness.
The man was seen to float face down in the water. The turbulent sea conditions prevented anyone from entering the water without risking their own safety.
Police from Coffs Harbour, Water Police and SES personnel attended the scene and retrieved the body a short time later.
Police are not treating the death as suspicious and will prepare a report for the Coroner.
Third NSW fishermen found dead
06jan06
THE body of a man - the third fisherman to die in New South Wales this year - has been discovered on a muddy river bank north of Newcastle.
The body has been identified as that of 32-year-old Rodney Paul Towers, who was fishing with his cousin off the Tourle Street Bridge at Mayfield about 12.30am (AEDT) today.
Mr Towers apparently fell from the bridge into the Hunter River and drowned.
Emergency crews were called to the scene but could not locate Mr Towers until a member of the public saw the body washed up on the northern bank of the river, 3km west of the bridge about 7am today.
Mr Towers, who was formally identified by family today, is the third person to die fishing in NSW this year after a rock fisherman was swept from a rock wall on the NSW mid-north coast yesterday.
Police said the 30-year-old Bonville man was fishing with a friend off the southern breakwall of the Coffs Harbour boat harbour about noon when a wave washed him from the wall.
His friend threw him a rope but the man hit his head on rocks while trying to climb out of the water and lost consciousness.
He was seen floating face down but dangerous conditions prevented anyone risking their lives by entering the water.
Coffs Harbour Police, Water Police and State Emergency Service personnel retrieved his body a short time later.
Another rock fisherman, a 42-year-old man from Sydney, also died at Gerroa, on the south coast, on January 3 in similar circumstances.
Police reports were being prepared for the coroner regarding all three deaths
Search on for man swept to sea
January 08, 2006
A SEARCH is under way on the New South Wales mid-north coast for a teenager swept off rocks.
The 18-year-old man was walking with four friends on rocks at Grassy Head Beach, near Kempsey, about 4.30pm (AEDT) yesterday when a big wave swept them all into the water, police said.
His friends managed to swim back safely, but the 18-year-old went missing.
Police, the Trial Bay Volunteer Coastal Patrol, the Westpac helicopter and a private helicopter were initially called into the search, which was suspended due to fading light last night.
It has resumed this morning with the Kempsey police, Coffs Harbour water police, the State Emergency Service (SES), Polair and police divers involved.
Derek
Drowning Of Rock Fisherman – Coffs Harbour
6 January 2006
A rock fisherman has drowned after being washed off a rock wall on the state’s mid-north coast yesterday.
About midday (5 January), a 30-year-old Bonville man was fishing with a friend off the southern break wall of the Coffs Harbour Boat Harbour when he was washed from the wall by a wave.
The man’s friend attempted to help him from the water by throwing him a rope.
Whilst trying to climb out of the water the man struck and injured his head on rocks causing him to lose consciousness.
The man was seen to float face down in the water. The turbulent sea conditions prevented anyone from entering the water without risking their own safety.
Police from Coffs Harbour, Water Police and SES personnel attended the scene and retrieved the body a short time later.
Police are not treating the death as suspicious and will prepare a report for the Coroner.
Third NSW fishermen found dead
06jan06
THE body of a man - the third fisherman to die in New South Wales this year - has been discovered on a muddy river bank north of Newcastle.
The body has been identified as that of 32-year-old Rodney Paul Towers, who was fishing with his cousin off the Tourle Street Bridge at Mayfield about 12.30am (AEDT) today.
Mr Towers apparently fell from the bridge into the Hunter River and drowned.
Emergency crews were called to the scene but could not locate Mr Towers until a member of the public saw the body washed up on the northern bank of the river, 3km west of the bridge about 7am today.
Mr Towers, who was formally identified by family today, is the third person to die fishing in NSW this year after a rock fisherman was swept from a rock wall on the NSW mid-north coast yesterday.
Police said the 30-year-old Bonville man was fishing with a friend off the southern breakwall of the Coffs Harbour boat harbour about noon when a wave washed him from the wall.
His friend threw him a rope but the man hit his head on rocks while trying to climb out of the water and lost consciousness.
He was seen floating face down but dangerous conditions prevented anyone risking their lives by entering the water.
Coffs Harbour Police, Water Police and State Emergency Service personnel retrieved his body a short time later.
Another rock fisherman, a 42-year-old man from Sydney, also died at Gerroa, on the south coast, on January 3 in similar circumstances.
Police reports were being prepared for the coroner regarding all three deaths
Search on for man swept to sea
January 08, 2006
A SEARCH is under way on the New South Wales mid-north coast for a teenager swept off rocks.
The 18-year-old man was walking with four friends on rocks at Grassy Head Beach, near Kempsey, about 4.30pm (AEDT) yesterday when a big wave swept them all into the water, police said.
His friends managed to swim back safely, but the 18-year-old went missing.
Police, the Trial Bay Volunteer Coastal Patrol, the Westpac helicopter and a private helicopter were initially called into the search, which was suspended due to fading light last night.
It has resumed this morning with the Kempsey police, Coffs Harbour water police, the State Emergency Service (SES), Polair and police divers involved.