Cook missing after cargo ship capsizes in Demerara River

By Alva Solomon On In Guyana News |
Two men assist in placing a gas cylinder on a rescue boat at the Muneshwer’s Wharf yesterday, as part of rescue efforts after cargo ship Miss Elissa capsized in the Demerara River. The cylinder was to be used in the effort to cut the hull of the capsized vessel last evening to search for a missing crew member.
Two men assist in placing a gas cylinder on a rescue boat at the Muneshwer’s Wharf yesterday, as part of rescue efforts after cargo ship Miss Elissa capsized in the Demerara River. The cylinder was to be used in the effort to cut the hull of the capsized vessel last evening to search for a missing crew member.

The cook for a cargo ship is missing and feared dead after the vessel capsized in the Demerara River yesterday afternoon.

Gerald DeFreitas, 63, was one of seven persons on board the Miss Elissa, which overturned as it was returning to Port Georgetown, after aborting a planned journey to Trinidad and Tobago. Around 6.45 last evening, the search for De Freitas was suspended until daylight today. Up to press time,