ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
[Per Press Association.] FATAL LAUNCH ACCIDENT. MELBOURNE, Dec. 7. Ab the Customs launch was crossing from Port Melbourne to Williamstown, a heavy sea swept the stem of the vessel, taking the Customs officer and his wife overboard. The former was drowned, but his wife was rescued in an exhausted condition. THE STOCKTON DISASTER. SYDNEY, Dec. 7. One of the survivors of the Stockton catastrophe states that the exploring party were advancing, when they heard a concussion. Fearing that something might cccur behind them they began to retrace their steps, and had they done so five minutes earlier, he believes that all would have escaped. He thinks that a rush of foul air. was caused by the concussion. The rescue party acted with conspicuous bravery, but had it been stronger more of the unconscious men would have been got out. ■ /
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5740, 7 December 1896, Page 3
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ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 5740, 7 December 1896, Page 3
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