Survivors of the wreck of the California. Their names are: Hjalmar Gronlun, Isak Vuorenna, Kaarlo Aalto, Erho Kaneroa, Gerhar Sjogren, Johan Johanson, and Adolph Arholtz. In the centre, at the back, is William Harmer, coastguard, who nearly lost his life through his lifelines becoming entangled with the wreck. From the Illustrated Chronicle, Thursday January 16, 1913.
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