ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
A SENSATIONAL OCCURRENCE. United Press Association— By Electric TelegraphCopyright. Eeceived Dec. 29, 10.20 a.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 29. A sensational accident took place at the Mort's Dock. While the steamer Katooraba was being docked, the tackle collapsed and she slipped from the cradle. A large number of dock hands were thrown into the water, and two named Nelson and Gallagher were drowned. Two others, Morley and Remingbough, were injured, while others again saved themselves by swimming ashore. By the force of the plunge the steamer backed right across the bay, and narrowly escaped running into several ferry steamers moored on the opposite side.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6063, 29 December 1897, Page 3
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