A STEAMER AND A BOAT IN COLLISION.
TWO WOMEN DROWNED. At twenty minutes to seven on the evening of May 2, the passenger steamer Uki collided with a boat about halfway between Tumbulgum and Condong, New South Wales. There were in the boat Joseph Smith, Michael Burke, and Topsy Oba (South Sea Islander), and Captain McGrath and Captain Blackburn (Salvationists)—the two last-named are females. The engines of the steamer were instantly stopped, and lifebuoys were thrown over. Frank Lowes, driver, and E. M, Do Burgh, Assistant-Engineer of Public Works, jumped ovcrhord and swam in tho direction of voices which were heard on tlio water. Adam Anderson, nearing a noise at the bow of the steamer, ran forward and pulled on board Michael Burke, who was clinging to the steamer. Lowes and Do Burgh in tho meantime swam to where they heard the voices, and found Smith (who was clinging to two hfobuoys) and the kanaka. There was no sign of cither of tho women. After cruising about for about twenty minutes, tho steamer proceeded on her way.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11057, 8 May 1899, Page 6
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