A TUG OVERTURNED.
TWO MEN DROWNED. ' ■■ ■ I [By ELEOTttio Telegraph—Copyright] ! [United Press. tAajsaoiAWON.] (Received 9.25 a.m.) .Brisbana;. October 21. ki »When the steamer Kyrra was pro- j ceeding up channel, the tug Chester-s field, which intended to assist, attempted to get across the KyarraVhows and take a lino. The, Kyaria touched the tug and* turned her over. The tug went to ? tho bottom, keel uppermost. Five men -were aboard. The on- ' gineer, G. Birkenhead, and a fireman." who were in ongme-rqom, were drowned. Tho other three were on thcj deck and, ,\v.oro .thrown in the water, but were rescued.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 46, 24 October 1913, Page 2
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