Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Ships Collide At Brisbane
Brisbane, August 6. – A man was flung overboard when two ships collided at the mouth of the Brisbane River early yesterday. The ships were the out-going overseas Blue Funnel liner Hector (11,000 tons) and the incoming James Patrick coastal vessel Cardross (2500 tons).
A Cardross fireman named Flanagan was tossed overboard by the impact. He swam 300 yards to a mudbank near Bishop Island and was picked up there by a lifeboat hurriedly dropped from the Cardross.
The Hector was on its maiden voyage with about 25 passengers on board, and had earlier left the Mercantile Wharf. She was bound for Liverpool and Glasgow.
The Cardross, laden with cargo, was coming in to berth at James Patrick’s Wharf. When in Lytton Cutting the ships collided and “sideswiped” one another.
Two large plates on the bow of the Cardross was buckled by the impact. She later