A man (Mr Charlton) with his right arm in a sling, sitting on a bath chair, after rescue from a naval accident (collision of the Oceana). Photograph by Central News, ca. 1900.

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[1900?]
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675061i
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"On 16 March 1912 the ship collided in the Strait of Dover with the Pisagua, a 2,850 GRT German-registered four-masted steel-hulled barque. As a result Oceana sank off Beachy Head on the East Sussex coast, with the loss of nine lives" (Wikipedia)

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London : Central News, [1900?]

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 16.6 x 21.6 cm

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"Oceana" collision. Mr Charlton, one of the injured passengers, who sustained a broken arm, arriving at Victoria. Copyright Central News, 5 new Bridge St., London E1 Lettering on typed carbon-copy label stuck to verso of print catalogued

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Wellcome Collection 675061i

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