Poppy Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/police-presence-following-death-at-acle-bridge-6602652 Carbon monoxide ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 until the cause is released anything we may guess is mere speculation. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, grendel said: until the cause is released anything we may guess is mere speculation. .... which is why I put a question mark in my post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 yes i saw but there could be all sorts of other explanations, so why bother speculating, whatever the cause, speculation cannot be good for any family or relatives that might read this forum. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Large police presence in Norfolk village after person dies on boat A host of emergency vehicles has been sent to a Norfolk village after a person died on a boat. Police were called to Acle Bridge, near the Dunes River Cafe, at 1.01pm today following reports that someone on a boat had died. They arrived on scene eight minutes later. Insp Gina Hopkinson from Norfolk Constabulary confirmed that there were five police units on site, as well as a crime scene investigator and ambulances. Two fire crews were also sent from Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, as well as an Environmental Protection Unit from Sprowston. Insp Hopkinson said that the death did not occur in the water, but on the boat. A member of the public who passed the scene said she saw emergency services "maxed out" by the bridge. She said: "The place was full of ambulances, fire engines, police and fast responders. "The car park had been emptied of customers in the pub by the bridge." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, so when you remove the pictures of ambulances and police cars, this is the article. Once again Archant demonstrates it's incisive, leading edge journalism. It says (and probably knows) nothing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, MauriceMynah said: Ok, so when you remove the pictures of ambulances and police cars, this is the article. Once again Archant demonstrates it's incisive, leading edge journalism. It says (and probably knows) nothing. In fact it demonstrates it doesn't even know where it happened. Unless I'm mistaken the mooring isn't even in the village of Acle, or even in the parish of Acle. It is in the parish of Fleggburgh! Putting that to one side though my thoughts go out to the deceased and their family, all the more tragic at this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 On my base at St Gilles, with a fleet of 50 boats, we had three, of different classes, with the number 13. Capri 13, Crusader 13 and Sheba 13. On the Capri, a retired gentleman, regular customer, died in bed of a heart attack while on holiday with his wife. On the Crusader, a middle-aged lady collapsed and died of a massive stroke on the galley floor, while making a cup of tea. The Sheba had its deck and superstructure mould blown off by a gas explosion, a year after I had left. I don't remember anyone dying on any of the other boats in the fleet and the Sheba accident was the only one that had anything to do with the boat, or the water. In that case, there was no-one on board, so no-one hurt. Maybe there is something in the superstition, after all? All the same, people do die on boats, just as they do in houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 I don't understand even the concept of superstition, it seems ridiculous to me. I will never be a superstitious person..... touch wood. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Vaughan said: On my base at St Gilles, with a fleet of 50 boats, we had three, of different classes, with the number 13. Capri 13, Crusader 13 and Sheba 13. On the Capri, a retired gentleman, regular customer, died in bed of a heart attack while on holiday with his wife. On the Crusader, a middle-aged lady collapsed and died of a massive stroke on the galley floor, while making a cup of tea. The Sheba had its deck and superstructure mould blown off by a gas explosion, a year after I had left. I don't remember anyone dying on any of the other boats in the fleet and the Sheba accident was the only one that had anything to do with the boat, or the water. In that case, there was no-one on board, so no-one hurt. Maybe there is something in the superstition, after all? All the same, people do die on boats, just as they do in houses. I remember when I was very young in France with my parents that some Hotels did not have rooms with numbers deemed unlucky. You story reminds me of the story of HMS Friday. Keel layed on a Friday etc. etc. Named Friday, Maiden Voyage on a Friday. Never seen again. It was supposed to be an anti-supersition exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwellian Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Friday could be a myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Friday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 There's many a time I feel like giving Friday a myth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 7 hours ago, Maxwellian said: Friday could be a myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Friday I got it from Readers Digest years ago, and I mean years, at least 40. I used to buy RD at Stations and Airports as a read you did not have to think about with a very convenient size for travel. It always sounded a bit of an old whatsit's shaggy dog. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Well, this thread seems to be dormant! Is there any further news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 MM i take it you mean new facts revealed rather than guesses or suppositions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Exactly Gren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, grendel said: MM i take it you mean new facts revealed rather than guesses or suppositions? There have been a news report, namely that victim was found dead on his boat, that he hadn't drowned and that the cause of death has not yet been established and there is no sign of foul play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 It is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the Coroner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Thank you Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Nothing to gossip and speculate about, arghhhhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemike Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, JennyMorgan said: Nothing to gossip and speculate about, arghhhhh! never stopped you before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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