SYDNEY HARBOUR TRAGEDY.
THREE WOMEN DROWNED, [FROM OTTO OWX CORRESPONDENT. ] '■',''. Sydney, October 9. '/ A pathetic interest attaches to the fatality, that occurred in Sydney Harbour on Moi*| day evening, when three women >irers drowned by the capsize of a boat.l ; Thf names of the deceased were Mrs. Mrs. Sjoberg, and Mrs. Bain, all residents*, of Paddington. They were, with theiii ' husbands and four other friends, : horned ward bound from Clark Island to Rushcuf* . ters Bay, when a swell started and watetfi; began to come in over the stern. Thq' women got alarmed, and at last-Mrs.; Webs ster stood up and crossed to the opposite" side of the ■ boat, with the result that-Jjfl immediately began to swav and finally heeled right over. All werathrown info the water, and. though .soifi?s managed to. get hold of the unturned : boat; § Mrs. "Webster clutched Mrs? Bain• aboufil the body, and both went under. /There! were, fortunately for those in the water/ a number of other boats in the vicinity, 6 : and these were steered to the spot in 'time! to rescue all who were to'be found on theft? surface, but the bodies of the three namep were not recovered till some hours later. ""-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15123, 14 October 1912, Page 8
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199SYDNEY HARBOUR TRAGEDY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15123, 14 October 1912, Page 8
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