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Telegram informing that wreckage from the loss of SS FEDERAL was found
Telegram informing that wreckage from the loss of SS FEDERAL was found

Telegram informing that wreckage from the loss of SS FEDERAL was found

Date26 March 1901
Object numberANMS0777[016]
NameTelegram
Mediumpaper, iron gall ink
DimensionsOverall: 267 × 205 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection gift of McIlwraith McEacharn Limited
DescriptionHandwritten telegram informing that Gabo Island officer reported wreckage belonging to steamer, that a man’s body was picked up in the morning and that a piece of wood that reads ‘FEDERAL Melbourne’ was also found.