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Diving the SS Yongala

Howard Sawyer

The Mysterious Tale of The Racehorse, The Wreck, and The Death of The Princess Bride.

I don't believe in ghosts, but if I did, they'd be here. You can still see their faces. They're not the sort of faces you see anymore, although that's not because these men are dead, but rather because in the century since their passing, we've traded their naivety for our 'sophistication'. And that shows, principally from the neck up.

And we don't do moustaches like that these days.

So here they are, sepia tinged, large as life, stuck to a wall in memoriam. The officers of the SS Yongala, posed for the photographer, captured for posterity, now benignly watching over the glass cased model of their beautiful Edwardian ship...

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