Mrs Lawson had an unfortunate association with Manly, however. In 1900 she was at Circular Quay, intending to catch the Manly ferry. The electric tram she was travelling on gave an unexpected lurch, and she was thrown onto the roadway. “Being an exceptionally big and heavy woman, she was much shaken and injured,” reported the Herald. (“And why shouldn’t a woman be tall and strong?” she retorted to such remarks.)
