Known Deceased
A total of twelve people died in the disaster, seven crew of the MV Lake Illawarra and five motorists.
From the ship, Clarence Madigan (52), Thomas Sheridan (50), Louis Mendizabil (54), Angus Campbell (64) and Arthur Robinson (82) are known to have perished through drowning.
Motorists who perished by driving over the gap in the bridge were Lauderdale couple Anthony Sward (27) and Pamela Sward (26), Robert Rezek (24) of Bellerive and Joyce Stokoe (60) of Lindisfarne. All suffered massive trauma injuries and died as a result of their vehicles falling from a height to the River Derwent below.
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