SYDNEY HARBOUR DISASTER.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19149, 4 November 1927, Page 11

SDNEY Y HARBOUR DISASTER.

FERRY SINKS ' FUSION WITH TAHITI. TW BLVE DEAD AND MANY INJURED. - Reived November 3rd, 10.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, November ?. ffbfn tie steamer Tahiti, which JflE Wtarf *t 4 o'clock this i for Wellington and San i SZSo. was parsing ffiTthe Harbour, she ran down ■' STwaWs Bay ferry steamer zJwe. The latter foundered in fSrffllnutes, and the passengers ija thrown into the water. So J™ M actual announcement has Zm nude of the number of killed S; injured, but it is known that rtiart 12 were drowned, while the St of inJu red w* ll ** very heavy '

Tie Tahiti stood by and lowered boats „lit« other ferries and launches raced it tie iceoe of the disaster, where the psutpn were seen clinging to pieces i !(Tre<*«ge and helping others to jjinb on to these frail supports. fleGreyeliffo was rounding Bradley's «nd when she came into collision !5r tl« Tahiti, winch appeared to roll 01 ferry over, the latter sinking in Art, Bbrates. ii the victims were picked up they i w . rushed to Man 'o War I >_, yhtre efforts at resuscitation were £'*' s»4fc | fimi wtre many heroic attempts at f jjj. ptTtl men and civilians diving l fa Jumeies in an endeavour to save \ 01 BJkißg men, women, and children. I t mjtur of passengers were seriously ' fcjireo* when tho Tahiti struck the I SUi Of timber, the Greycliffe I hni*°*"B' ,t own to tbe water"hne- [ tor/ of those brought to Man o' I fir «l«P* tho resci " n £ Jaunche.s [will weh a condition that they I itdo* sot he put in ambulances, and \ fain made to resuscitate them \ H tts spot. I Kiwi of the disaster soon spread < ti»»i* the eit?) am * enormous crowds [' *ptpto&, wtiting for ithe rescue J urifr-ie "turn.

FOUR BODIES IDENTIFIED {CGOBNTS BY EYE-WITNESSES. ftiftMH AS* 1.1. CABLB ASSOCIATION.) , (Iwalrsd November 3rd, 10.15 p.m.) , SYDNEY, November 3. Jtar »f the ferry disaster dead tin W far been identified. 'They L Kn JW>el 'Carroll I- )(irj47 flifand, a schoolgirl. fMmj TkwnpaoD. tt'luiigold. 'lift ttgjgl Yaucluse. HWlijjgi five other unidentified Wlk s ipf women, at the-morgue. identification is caused on the part of ttlftmM who, until several hours heard nothing of the .v*|jK|| ; BUinber of children were returning from •SA'TOpatiietic scenes were wit' tiMurliicn the parents, learning of Jjppmr, nuhed to the quay where wiirffvpTS and victims were being Ilittß-V'i'.*

QETnrrivor states that the ferry ■froting Garden Island when he w.Ua Tthiti come up astern. She l» ttUhM into the Greycliffe's stern. Wfflj tank immediately and the $fW« thick with struggling people, jss'wliom were badly out. He ilgu>auuiy deaths were due to inwhen the collision SWWwitafcM from another ferry §j|i : wpi the Greycliffe seemed to jl«W'in front of the Tahiti, which IfflttMing at about eight knots. gPg»W the crash came and the ffgfye dUappcared nose first. The fffiyM W severe that the survivors ]gHt WW impossible that anyone on wmydilf* could have escaped inJl»' Tahiti, with Archbishop Red]sP**d the New Zealand cricketers *M> finally cleared the heads at

\ JfpBASBD DEATH-ROLL W - FEARED. I'WSjP TURNS COMPLETELY [ XT? ' OVER. \ g§**»«4 November 4th, 1.12 a.m.) MIL. SYDNEY, November 3. I.JtSEfWI dead identified in the 3£s?»>ter are: Mrs Mary Terry, W** *«iton, Mrs Elizabeth Combs, JjjgMtStßuay, and Mrs William, all 'SflSf*' '™' t y* sevcn have been M 3» fcoipltal, many of whom are 'fMTm**** that tho death roll > | jSg*~* tot *l« nine, may be niatergggJjWMeil as the vess.l turned °' P MBes, s <;r '' s in tne states that the GreyJ||g** struck amidships and broken IllJS**™* there were more than fij&tSpß^-" 1 rescue work, diseni * 7?- c i ,m 8 f roi n &* masses of '■tHSP vv g on the scene oi the 'llfc£U u is one °f tne w'orst ''^W'. ap P* ne d in the harbour. StS^?. CHARGE 0F PILOT. lfe^'" aMCUTI ° S T£LIGRiU - ) D% : iffl^ I NQTON, November 3. tlliSS??? « th the Sydney HariWfttfmlmL* ÜBion Company's head has been informed at tne time of the ["HsfflW «?l the char 8 e of a compul-