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The following article was transcribed from The Brisbane Courier, 23rd April 1892 :
“The flagship Orlando on Tuesday returned to her moorings in Farm Cove, Sydney. She has been away several days at Jervis Bay for target practices, and while there a fatal accident occurred. On Friday, between 3 and 4 p.m., while one of the ship’s boats was proceeding from the shore to the ship, a heavy sea running at the swamped her. All the occupants, with one exception, were picked up. An ordinary seaman, C. Johnson [sic], a native of Yorkshire, sank, and was not seen to rise again. An attempt was made, with grappling irons to find the body, but without success.”
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