Relatives give up hope of finding cook from capsized vessel

Gerald Fraser

The family of Gerald Fraser, the cook who was aboard cargo vessel Miss Elissa that capsized in the Demerara River last Friday afternoon, has given up hope that he will ever be found.

Fraser, 67, was one of seven persons onboard the vessel which had earlier departed the Muneshwer’s Wharf for Trinidad and Tobago.

Relatives of the seaman told this newspaper briefly yesterday that they have searched extensively for him along with the authorities but it appears he will never be found. A relative said that there