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RefNoMS/744/2/4
LevelItem
TitlePhotographs taken by James titled 'Wreck of the "Rhone", October 29th 1867, No.4 - The Boy, John Bailey'
Datec.1867
DescriptionSubtitle: 'Kindly nursed by the Negroes of Beef Island, on which he was cast after floating twelve hours, and drifting 25 miles from the wreck on a life buoy'
Extent2 copies
FormatPhotographs
AccessStatusOpen
AdminHistoryThe RMS Rhone was a steam packet ship, built in London in 1865. It sank off the coast of the Virgin Islands in October 1867, after being struck by strong winds. Of the 197 people on board only 24 survived. The wreck of the Rhone is now regarded as one of the world's most famous wreck dives.

The photographs of John Bailey consist of shots of Bailey, with often a drawn-on background.
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