The Fatal Course of the Ferry Pearl (1896)

“I could not see how or where we struck until we were clear of the Lucinda. I asked the Captain how it happened and he said ‘The wheel would not come over’, and added ‘She had not enough steam.’ He then said ‘I won’t risk it again.’...After this conversation I waited to see what he really would do on his next trip, expecting that the steamer would be taken down the river some distance before she would clear the line of the Lucinda.” The Week, Brisbane, 21st of February, 1896. Ship Name: Pearl  Year Built: 1883 Tonnage: 41 Ship Type: Wooden Steam Riverboat Nationality: Australian  Year Wrecked: 1896 Reason For Wreck: Capsized Location Wrecked: Near Victoria Bridge Brisbane, Australia  Lives lost: Up to 57  Sources:  https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172421636?searchTerm=pearl%20ferry https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172422734?searchTerm=pearl%20ferry https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172422431?searchTerm=pearl%20ferry https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40275702?searchTerm=pearl%20ferry https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183089693?searchTerm=pearl%20ferry https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126296406?searchTerm=Captain%20Chard%20pearl%20ferry https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183089579?searchTerm=pearl%20ferry https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/153489728?searchTerm=pearl%20ferry https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70637016?searchTerm=pearl%20ferry https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/pearl-ferry-disaster-brisbane-river-13-february-1896 https://blogs.archives.qld.gov.au/2023/02/07/australias-worst-river-disaster-the-pearl-ferry-incident/ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3619137