25th/26th October is the 152nd anniversary of the sinking of The Royal Charter on a voyage fro Australia to Liverpool and the story of one of the most courageous acts of bravery by a seaman , who ended up years later in a paupers grave in Ford Cemetry. Maltese sailor "Joe Rogers as he was known " or Guzzepi Ruggier as his real name was.
http://www.agius.com/maltese/ruggier.htm
