Gillboy historical clippings courtesy Leigh Cossey, Feb., 2020.

	Fri. April 18, 1958 - The Vancouver Sun: WIND BLAMED FOR SINKING Tug Capsizes in Fraser; 2 Crewmen Leap for Life From Sun Bureau, New Westminster NEW WESTMINSTER Sagging piers of the old Queensborough Bridge saved the lives of two men Thursday when a tug turned over and sank in wind-lashed north arm of the Fraser. Capt. Jack Poynter of 375 East Fourteenth Street, Burnaby. and crew member Ralph Stead of Port Moody leaped to a projecting pier of the bridge as the Gilley Bros. 40-foot diesel tug Gillboy capsized in 25 feet of water. BOTH UNHURT The two .men were unhurt and later worked far into the night as the sunken tug was pulled from the bottom and beached. Two skin divers braved the muddy waters to fix lines around the vessel. The Gillboy was steadying a cement -laden barge being towed upstream by a second tug, the Sorg. When directly under the bridge a heavy gust of wind caused the heavy barge to shift suddenly. "The tug simply rolled over on its side and sank like a stone," a witness said. LEAP FOR LIFE Mr, Poynter and Mr. Stead leaped for their lives as they felt their vessel going under and grasped protective cribbing on a bridge pier. They later climbed safely to the bridge itself. Neither man as much as got his feet wet. Another tug took the pair off their perch. New Westminster police had a difficult time unsnarling traffic over the bridge as hundreds of car drivers stopped at the scene, and for a time the swing span could not be operated. The bridge tender reported the blustery wind earlier caused another mishap when the tug Sorg's tow hit the pier cribbing. Several timbers were cracked 'but the bridge remained in operation. PHOTO CAPTION: Leap to pier of Queensborough bridge was made Thursday by Ralph Stead, of Port Moody, when tug he was on capsized and sank.
	Fri. April 18, 1958 - The Vancouver Sun: LIFTED FROM BOTTOM of Fraser River Thursday alter she rolled over and sank in 25 feet of water is 40-foot diesel tug Gillboy. Tug was steadying barge going under Queensborough Bridge when strong wind shifted barge into tug. The skipper and crewman managed to leap unhurt onto pier of the bridge as the tug capsized. Ken Oakes photo.
	Fri. April 18, 1958 - The Province: SINKS IN FRASER Crewmen escape as tug capsizes NEW WESTMINSTER Lucky leaps by the two crewmen of a tug which capsized and sank under the old Lulu Island bridge late Thursday saved them from the stormy waters of the Fraser River. Skipper Jack Poynter, 375 East Fourteenth, Burnaby, and crewman Ralph Stead of Tort Moody jumped from the capsized tug Gillboy onto a protective pier of the bridge a moment before the vessel sank. The brldgetender said the Gilley Bros. tug was steadying the rear of a heavily loaded cement barge, headed upriver under tow by the Gilley Tug Sorg. when a gust of wind shifted the barge and capsized the 32-foot diesel Gillboy. "THE TWO MEN didn't have a second to spare, the bridge-tender said, "the tug just turned on its side and then sank like a stone. They jumped before it disappeared." The two men clambered up the side of the protective cribbing around the bridge pier and waited for a few moments for a third tug to pick them up, none the worse for the experience. Capt. Poynter aided other tug boat crews a few hours later in dragging the sunken tug to shore and beaching it. Two skin divers attached lines to the vessel. BRIDGE OFFICIALS said another tow of the Sorg's had earlier been caught by the wind and smashed against one of the protective piers, breaking several timbers.
	Fri. April 18, 1958 - The Vancouver Sun: Two Escape Sinking Boat NEW WESTMINSTER CP Two men escaped uninjured late Thursday when their 40-foot tug capsized and sank in New Westminster harbor. The tug Gillboy apparently capsized from the backwash of a huge barge being towed up the Fraser river. The unidentified crewmen leapt to safety on a pier at the Queensboro bridge. The tug sank in about 25 feet of water.
	Sat. April 19, 1958 - The Province: Sunken tug salvaged NEW WESTMINSTER - The Gilley Bros. tug Gillboy, which capsized and sank under the Queensborough bridge here late Thursday, has been salvaged by her owners. The vessel's two crewmen, skipper Jack Poynter, 375 East Fourteenth, Burnaby, and Ralph Stead of Port Moody, leaped for their lives onto a protective pier as the 32-foot tug went down in 25 feet of water. Company marine superintendent Buster McKay said Friday that only water damage was caused and "a $5,000 overhaul will put the tug back in service."
	Mon. April 4, 1960 - The Vancouver Sun: Tug Crew Rescue Man In Span Fall NEW WESTMINSTER Crew of a passing tug rescued a man who fell from the old Queensborough bridge at noon today. Police said Steve Jenety, of no fixed address, suffered minor injuries in the 33-foot plunge. The tug was the Gilley Bros. Gillboy, skippered by Jack Poynter, 375 East Fourteenth Ave., Burnaby.

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