THE RIVER TRAGEDY
SURVIVORS LUCKY TO LIVE
(United Press. Association.—Copyright.) • BRISBANE, Bth February.
The Condamine River tragedy, in which seven out of a party of eleven lost their lives, was due to the boat striking a snag /while- proceeding down the river. With the current travelling at a swift pace it is a miracle that any were saved.
The. four survivors out of the eleven occupants managed to reach a tree. They hung to that till a rowing boat, which had to be carried ten miles by a tractor, arrived and rescued them.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 33, 9 February 1927, Page 9
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