A New Unsinkable Lifeboat
The first patent for a lifeboat was taken out in 1785, but four years later a greatly improved form was brought out by Henry Greathead, which was generally adopted and…
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Central Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
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The first patent for a lifeboat was taken out in 1785, but four years later a greatly improved form was brought out by Henry Greathead, which was generally adopted and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Business with Sir Augustus Harris took me some years ago behind the scenes of Drary Lane Theatre while the great battle scene in one of…
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