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Sorry to use these lists to carry bad news, but they provide a good way
to get this information out to the Australian divers interstate who may
not have heard otherwise.

Pat Bowring died on Friday.  He was with two others commencing a dive
on the wreck of the Koputai (79m) off Bondi.  He began his descent, but
returned to the surface after only reaching 6 to 10m (by reports I have
heard - the papers have reported reaching 20m).

At the surface he appeared to be in some distress, and was away from
the shotline and mermaid line.  He drifted from the boat, and a person
on the boat dived in to render assistance, but was unable to reach him
before he went under, and was not seen again.

His companions completed their descent, but returned to the surface on
finding he was not with them at the bottom.  His drysuit was recovered
on the bottom yesterday by two searchers, who reported other gear also
scattered about, but there is no sign of his body.  The suit is being
examined.

People are only able to speculate as to the cause of death at this
stage.

				Greg Ryan       gregr@cs*.su*.oz*.au*

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