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Not Type L parasol. This shoulder wing monoplane is Morane-Saulnier Type G or H.

Sunbeam II was a 43' 'Scout Cruiser' owned by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt II (1866-1929, a cousin of Teddy.) It was designed and built by the Gas Engine & Power Co. & Chas. L. Seabury Co. It was powered by a 6 cylinder 80hp Speedway engine. This class of boats was designed to be adaptable to Navy use in case of hostilities and several were purchased by wealthy preparedness advocates. Details, including layout and interior Sunbeam II was sold to Ralph Slaven soon after this pic and renamed Bobolink and Roosevelt purchased Sunbeam III which was a 53' Scout Cruiser by the same company. RBR II (Bert) was commissioned a Navy Reserve Lt. during the war and commanded the patrol squadron (including Sunbeam III) operating out of West Sayville. Speedway used this training exercise and Sunbeam II's role in it in its advertising

Thanks for this information Seuss. We'll add some of it to the record the next time we update.

P.S. It's great to see what these beautiful boats looked like on the inside, so thanks for finding the article with a photo in your "Details" link above.

From about midnight on Saturday until yesterday evening very little rain fell, and it was generally hoped that fine weather would set in for a time at all events ; but by sunset last evening steady rain again began, and the night as it fell over the city was perhaps the most gloomy that has yet been experienced. No gas had been available since an early hour on Saturday night, and though some lamps in Queen and George streets were lit by Messrs. Barton, White, and Co. from electricity generated at the Government Printing Office, this served to light but a small portion of the inundated streets. Every effort is being made to supply the immediate needs of the suburban residents driven from their homos, and while many in various districts were accommodated in empty houses, shelter and relief were also afforded at the Town Hall and other public places. Police and Defence Force men worked hard to save life and minimise, where possible, the destruction wrought, and many young men, members of athletic clubs and football and cricket teams, worked with a will, plying in boats the whole of Saturday night from point to point where help was needed. Where the local authorities took the work systematically in hand as in the case of Booroodabin much needless suffering was avoided, but an emergency of such an unexampled nature could not in any case be fully met. Source: The Brisba e Courier, 06 Feb 1893 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3555422

" Clothes damaged by the flood being washed at D. L. Brown"