Historical information
Rocket rescue demonstration at Sorrento on 1May1913
Significance
Life saving method
Physical description
Rocket rescue demonstration at Sorrento, Argus, 3May1913
Inscriptions & markings
Reverse - " nil "
From the collection of
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Photograph - Arcus news article re Rocket Rescue demonstration at Sorrento Victoria, Rocket rescue demonstration, 01 November 1985
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1986-141.1 Rocket rescue demonstration, Argus, 3May1913
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1986-141.1 Rocket rescue demonstration, Argus, 3May1913
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