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| | Description of Voyage of S.S. Swanley |
 | | It was an eager crowd which lined up the rails of the steamer when the vessel arrived off port as she passed in and tied up at the channel wharf, and there were hundreds of their Country’s men and women ashore anxious to see old friends and relatives. |
 | | The S.S. Swanley, which was chartered by A.J. Campbell, the Board of Immigration’s special agent to secure immigrants in Portugal, left Ponta Delgada, St. Michael’s, on October 18, 1909, with 758 immigrants, and left Funchal, Madeira, October 26, 1909, with 111 more, making a total of 869. |
 | | The S.S. Swanley is a big freighter of 4,640 gross tons, net 2,907, she is 300 feet long, her breath is 51 feet. |
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