Telegram from Gabo Island’s light keeper regarding the wreckage of SS FEDERAL
Author
H Stafford
Date1901
Object numberANMS0777[038]
NameTelegram
Mediumpaper
DimensionsOverall (overlapped): 140 × 222 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection gift of McIlwraith McEacharn Limited
DescriptionTelegram addressed to McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co in Melbourne, from H Stafford, Gabo Island’s light keeper. The telegram describes the wreckage found with consists on hatches, boat chocks, cabin fittings, sail, a varnished small black board with ‘SS Federal of Melbourne’ written and a lifebuoy on the beach with ‘SS Federal of Melbourne’ painted on it.
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