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Letter reporting discovery of a body following the loss of SS FEDERAL
Letter reporting discovery of a body following the loss of SS FEDERAL

Letter reporting discovery of a body following the loss of SS FEDERAL

Author
Date27 March 1901
Object numberANMS0777[037]
NameLetter
Mediumpaper
DimensionsOverall (overlapped): 255 × 200 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection gift of McIlwraith McEacharn Limited
DescriptionLetter addressed to the Engineer in charge in Ports and Harbours, Melbourne from H Stafford, the lighthouse keeper in Gabo Island. The letter reports that the body of a man was found the previous day, describing his clothes and wounds and that the body was buried that afternoon.