Edward Gardiner Kerkin (1883-1935)

Death and Burial
DEATH AT SEA.

MELBOURNE, Friday.

While the coastal steamer Coombar, bound from Portland to Melbourne, was passing Cape Otway on Thursday night, the second engineer Edward Kcrkln, 52, of Drummoyne, Sydney died of a heart seizure.
 * The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-), Saturday 4 May 1935, page 10.
 * http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17151966

STEAMER'S ENGINEER'S ASHES.

GRAFTON, Monday.

The ashes of Edward Kerkin, 52, late second engineer of the steamer Coombar, were scattered on the ocean as the vessel passed Harrington, his birthplace, at the mouth the Manning River, on Thursday night. The crew gathered on deck for the ceremony.

On May 2, Kerkin died suddenly while the Coombar was on a voyage between Melbourne and Portland. His body was cremated in Melbourne and brought to Sydney. At the wish of his brother, the ashes were buried at sea.
 * The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-), Tuesday 9 July 1935, page 12.
 * http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17180603

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