Woman drowns in Sydney Harbour

A woman has died after she was pulled out of the water in Sydney Harbour.

Police and ambulance crews rushed to the Elizabeth Bay marina about 7.10pm on Saturday after reports that a woman had been pulled unconscious from the water.

Witnesses and paramedics performed CPR on the 57-year-old woman but she died at the scene. 

A short time after the Elizabeth Bay incident, a woman was injured in an explosion on a boat moored at Newport in northern Sydney.

The boat, moored at the Royal Motor Club Broken Bay in Newport, was extensively damaged and later sank – with the woman assisted by a bystander at the scene in the nick of time. 

The woman, 54, was believed to have been sleeping inside the cabin of the boat when the explosion occurred. 

She was later taken to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition, with officers at the scene finding her with lacerations to her body. 

The boat later sank – after the woman was assisted by a bystander at Newport, on Sydney’s northern beaches

Locals at Newport, on Sydney’s northern beaches, said their ‘whole houses shook’ while the explosion reportedly heard from Church Point to Mona Vale. 

A representative from the Northern Beaches Local Area Police Command at Dee Why confirmed officers and emergency services were at the scene.

‘The incident was between 7.30pm and 8pm, with police and emergency crew attending the scene,’ the source told Daily Mail Australia. 

A tweet from Fire and Rescue NSW later confirmed the incident.

‘A boat has exploded on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Firefighters are working with ambulance to treat at least one injured person. Crews are setting up lighting to asses the scene,’ the tweet read.       

There were amazing scenes when a boat exploded at Newport’s Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay on Saturday – with a woman onboard

Bondi resident Roberta Corvino was having dinner at nearby The Newport at the time of the explosion.  

‘We suddenly heard a bomb, it really big. We thought there was fireworks, not an explosion in the ocean,’ she told Daily Mail Australia.

Fellow diner Ryan Dawson didn’t know what to think after hearing the explosion.

‘Everyone just suddenly went quiet and it was like – oh what was that,’ he said.

‘And then sirens were going (off) everywhere. It was a bit scary, the fact it was just a boat.’

Will Burgess added ‘we were just sitting having a few drinks and then all of a sudden there was a loud explosion, which was kind of vibrating the table.’   

The boat later sunk at the Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay – after the woman was assisted by emergency crew on Sydney’s northern beaches