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The launching ceremony of the new lifeboat, Rescue, at Sumner

The launching ceremony of the new lifeboat, Rescue, at Sumner

The launching ceremony of the new lifeboat, Rescue, at Sumner
[25 Aug. 1898]

A special tram driven by the Managing Director of the Canterbury Tramway Company brought dignitaries from Christchurch for the launch of the Rescue. The crew, clad in lifebelts, lined up and the wife of the Chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, Frank Graham, named the boat

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File Reference CCL PhotoCD 7, IMG0029

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