FERRY BOAT TRAGEDY
THREE WOMEN DROWNED PANIC-STRICKEN PASSENGERS, POIGNANT STORIES. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received 0 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 10. As nn outcome of the foundering of the ferry steamer Bluebell, after collision with the Warraneen on ‘Newcastle Harbour, throe women were drowned. | They were Mesdames Annie Kerr, aged 60, Isabel Frew aged 40 (whose bodies have been found), and Mavis Bignall. Mrs Bignall has nog been recovered. Survivors’ stories emphasise the suddenness with which the ferry boat sank, amid women’s screams and frantic appeals to save their babies. One mother said that, although she could not swim a stroke before, sh found she was able to swim sufficiently until she was rescued. An inquiry into the collision was opened at Newcastle today.
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Northern Advocate, 11 August 1934, Page 10
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