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Telegram from Gabo Island’s light keeper regarding the wreckage of SS FEDERAL
Telegram from Gabo Island’s light keeper regarding the wreckage of SS FEDERAL

Telegram from Gabo Island’s light keeper regarding the wreckage of SS FEDERAL

Author
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.