Middlesbrough Daily Gazette, Thursday, July 7^th, 1898:
A HARTLEPOOL CREW CAST AWAY. Several of the crew of the Hartlepool steamer Aymestry reached Shields yesterday, after having been wrecked in the Indian Ocean and undergone a remarkable experience. The Aymestry was on a passage from Beira to Rangoon when she was caught in a hurricane and eventually stranded near the island of Juan de Nova. After remaining on board eleven days, with the hope of floating the steamer when there were better tides, Captain Crisp and his men decided to abandon the vessel, and all hands - with the exception of the Second Mate, who remained on the wreck for three days— left the vessel in the boats.

The island of Juan de Nova was reached in safety, and the natives were very hospitable to the shipwrecked people. After the expiration of three days the Second Mate left the wreck after all the available provisions and stores had been saved. On this island the crew of the Aymestry were obliged to stay for 31 days, during which they made many interesting explorations. They were finally shipped on board a schooner, which conveyed them to Port Louis, Mauritius, and they ware afterwards forwarded to their homes in England. The Aymestry was a vessel of 3,002 gross tons register, and was built at Stockton-on-Tees in 1891.

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, May 11^th, 1880:
SUPPOSED LOSS OF A HARTLEPOOL BRIG AND CREW. All hope is abandoned as to the safety of the brig Betsy, of Hartlepool (Captain Davy), which left that port, coal laden, for the Baltic in March last. A fortnight ago a letter was received from one of the timber ports, from the captain of local vessel, reporting that he passed a vessel believed to have been the Betsy; but as no subsequent intelligence has been gleaned respecting her, she is supposed to have foundered, a letter having been received from the owner in London expressing his belief that such is the case. Should this prove to be true, the event will be rendered additionally sad owing to the fact that Captain Davy was accompanied by no fewer than four of his sons, who with four seamen, formed the crew. 

Wexford Independent, December 29th, 1860:
On Christmas day, during the partial lifting of the heavy frost fog which prevailed over the sea in the forenoon, two brigs were observed to be close proximity to the Long Bank in our South (the Roslare) Bay, but disappearing almost immediately, nothing further was thought about them. About 2 p,m., however, a brig was seen under full sail making shorewards, the wind having veered to the S.E., and increasing with a very heavy sea breaking along the coast.

The Pilots prepared to meet her. and the steam tug Erin, Captain Blake, ran down to offer assistance, if required. After some time it was observed that the brig paid no attention the tug, and was running before the wind dead on the land—and soon it was evident that she had no crew on board. The tug put on all power to intercept her, but before that could be effected, the brig had passed through much broken water, grounding, in a furious surf, near to the White House, Roslare. Efforts were made in vain to board her, both by the Customs and Pilots, as well as from the beach, and night closed, leaving the vessel in a good upright position, the wind and sea increasing in force. Next day efforts were again renewed under the direction of Mr. Coghlan, Collector of Customs. but with better success, the hull settling down and the sea making a clear sweep over the decks, but during the night the masts and sails went over the side opening the hull asunder.

On Tuesday night a boat was washed ashore near the Fort, with the words ”Bubona of Hartlepool, George Chudleigh” painted on her. From this it was naturally supposed that the vessel was of the same name—and this has since been ascertained to be the fact, the Registry and several papers, including two Bills of Lading have been washed on shore. The registry shows the ship to be the ”Bubona”, of Hartlepool, 201 tons register, George Chudleigh. master —and the two bills, which both bear the date 13th December, 1860, are for 150 tons Pig Iron, from Glasgow, and for 100 tons, like article, from Ardrossan, destination, Havre. It is also probable that other goods were on board, as some broken cases have been washed on shore. Up the present nothing has been heard of the crew —but the prevailing opinion is, that the ship having grounded on the Long Bank, they took to the boat and got on board the other brig, seen a short distance (as already mentioned) in company and to the leeward. 

Hull Daily Mail, March 24^th, 1909:
A GOOLE STEAMER. COMPENSATION AFTER COLLISION. In the London Sheriff's Court on Monday, before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell and a special jury, the action Knaggs v. the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company came on for hearing, the case having been remitted from the High Court for assessment of damages. Mr. Horridge said the action was brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Knaggs and her three children in respect of the death Captain George Knaggs, the husband and father, who lost his life through the admitted negligence the defendants' servants.

On the night of October 27, 1908, Captain Knaggs, who lived at West Hartlepool, was the commander of the brigantine Enterprise, and when off Cromer his vessel was run into and sunk by the Railway Company's screw steamer Derwent. With the exception of a boy, all the crew were drowned. Captain Knaggs was in the habit of taking cargoes of coal to Gravesend and returning with chalk, and he was paid the sum of £8 per voyage, receiving in addition gratuities amounting to £1 11s 6d. He made on an average twelve voyages a year, and, roughly speaking, his income was £125 per annum. Of this sum he allowed his wife £8 per month, and she had two children dependent upon her and one son, a boy of 15, who was earning 5s 6d a week. She kept a grocer's shop, but the business did not pay.

In mitigation of damages, Mr. Miller pointed out that the plaintiff's two daughters were of marriageable age, and that the probability was that the son would not be long before he was earning his own living.
The jury assessed the damages at £910, and apportioned them as follows: The widow, £600; eldest daughter, £50; second daughter, £100; and the son, £160. They expressed a hope the boy's money would be put in trust. 

The following Causes of Shipwrecks are taken from Board of Trade statistics and featured in an edition of the Stockton & Hartlepool Mercury and Middlesbrough News, 14th March, 1857 and covers the year 1856:

Total of vessels wrecked, foundered or injured - 1153, of which 884 were British, 32 British Colonial and 237 Foreign.

Of this total, 368 vessels were total losses from the following causes;

148     stress of weather

37        foundered by same

28        through fog or current

21        neglect of the lead

17        abandoned from unseaworthiness

12        errors of judgement

11        from want of caution

10        from missing stays

10        lost through want of lights or buoys on the coast or shoals where they struck

10        through mistaken lights or bearings

9          general negligence

8          ignorance of the coast

7          Pilot errors

7          unknown causes

6          errors in course reckoning

5          defective compasses

4          capsizing

3          imperfect charts

3          lack or want of a Pilot

2          through intemperance

1          striking submerged ship

1          from fire        

From the total of 1153, only 484 vessels and 110 cargoes were insured and 521 sailors died.

Shields Daily Gazette, October 9th, 1868:
"THE FOUNDERING OF THE DIADEM, OF HARTLEPOOL. The brig Diadem, Butcher, of Hartlepool, from Shields for London (as briefly announced by telegraph on Wednesday), foundered on Tuesday morning off the Dudgeon Lightship. The crew, six in number, left in their own boat, and were picked up and landed at Great Yarmouth on Wednesday by the fishing lugger Young Waiter. The Diadem sunk within 10 minutes after the crew left her. "

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Monday, November 16^th, 1891:
FISHERMAN’S HEROISM. THRILLING SCENE IN HARTLEPOOL BAY. About four o’clock yesterday afternoon, an accident, which might have had a fatal termination, occurred in Hartlepool Bay. Wm. Coulson, fisherman, 6, Wells-yard, Hartlepool, and Wm. Bennison, Cambridge-buildings, engaged a foy boat from John Humble for the purpose of going out and mooring brig which was being towed in from sea. A strong breeze had caused a heavy sea, and this militated against the efforts of the two men, who, when they got to the middle the bay to the vessel, had hard work to accomplish their purpose. They flung rope board the brig and it was made fast, but the vessel laboured so heavily that the rope broke, and caught by huge wave the small boat was capsized and sank.
The two men were left struggling in the water, but Coulson, who is a powerful man and splendid swimmer, managed very smartly get on to the brig's rail. The other man was left behind and, not being swimmer, sank. As he went down he cried to Coulson, “Bill, don’t leave me like this”. Touched by this appeal, Coulson at once plunged into the water, diving several feet beneath the surface, and bringing to the top Bennison. Coulson, fearing that they would be drowned, seized one of the boat’s oars, which was floating near, and pulled it to Bennison. The heavy seas threw the oar from his grasp, and again Bennison sank.
Again Coulson dived and brought him up, and keeping his unfortunate colleague floating as best he could, again swam after the oar. Having regained possession of it, he had to keep it from sinking with Bennison’s weight. The terrible scene in the bitterly cold water does not seem to have been apparent to those on board the tug towing the brig, for they continued their course. In few moments, however, the Clarence, tug boat, came up, and a rope was thrown to the two men. They were too benumbed to take hold, but just then Benjamin Dixon and another man arrived in charge of a rigger, and into this the two men were drawn, one especially, Bennison, having had a very narrow escape from drowning.
Coulson was not very much effected by the exposure, having changed, and afterwards went out as if nothing had happened. Bennison lies ill in bed. A large number people assembled to see the men land, the accident having been noticed from the shore. It may be mentioned that Coulson is a brother of the fisherman who, some 15 years ago, swam out through a terrible sea to a vessel which had grounded near Hartlepool Lighthouse, and was the means of saving the lives of the crew. For this he was rewarded with the medal of the Royal Humane Society.
One of our representatives called at Bennison’s this morning to see in what condition he was. He was lying in bed, and appeared to have suffered considerably from shock and exposure. But with care there appears be no reason why he should not be out in a few days.

A copy of the Royal Humane Society's Honorary Testimonial to John Kenny:

"John Kenny is justly entitled to the Honorary Testimonial of this Society inscribed on Vellum which is hereby awarded him for having on the 23rd April, 1922, at great personal risk gallantly attempted to rescue Peter Moran who was unfortunately drowned in the sea at West Hartlepool."

Evening Star, Friday, March 25^th, 1898:
ALDEBURGH. A DREADFUL NIGHT. Thursday night will long be remembered at Aldeburgh, both by those on land as well at sea. A heavy sea got up with the gale, and great havoc was wrought along the coast… soon after daylight the news arrived that help was wanted, a vessel being in distress off East Lane, south of Orford Haven.
Rockets were at once discharged over the town to call a crew for the lifeboat Aldeburgh. These having arrived, no time was lost in getting into oilskins and cork belts. Coxswain Cable was in charge, supported by second coxswain Mann, and the crew was composed as follows:—Latchtway, W. Fuller, K. Thorpe, H. Gooding, E. Burrell, H. Pearce, A. Easter, A. Wilson, J. Peade, J. Chatten, J. Green, D. Mann, J. Fisher, and another. Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting the boat off, owing to the on shore wind, and the low state of the tide. One hundred men were dragging on to the hauling-off line, and Cable set his mizzen and foresail. Their efforts were at last rewarded, the gallant boat bounding off into the tremendous sea, with the crew clinging on to the man-ropes. Eager eyes from the shore watched the boat's progress until ahe was lost to vit'w round Orfordness.

Our Harwich correspondent writes: “At nine o’clock this morning, in the face of a blinding snowstorm, the Aldeburgh lifeboat landed at Harwich three men, the crew the ketch Ludovicus, of West Hartlepool, which they had taken from that vessel at eight o’clock. The men’s names are Captain Bement, Frederick Brown (mate), and Charles Grylls (A.B.).
In interviewing Captain Bement, he stated his vessel was on a voyage from West Hartlepool to Orford with coal, and left Hartlepool on Saturday last. He had a fair passage, until he arrived at Orford Haven at one o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, when he encountered the full force the gale. He put out one anchor, but his vessel was driven by the force of the wind to East Lane, Woodbridge Haven, where he hoisted signals of distress, fearing that his vessel would go to pieces. The signals were promptly answered by the Aldeburgh lifeboat, as before stated. On interviewing Coxswain Cable, he stated that on the way to the ketch he had passed through some very bad weather.
The crew of the ketch received every attention at the hands of Mr. W. B. McLearon, agent for the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Society. 

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Monday, January 9^th, 1888:
THE MISSING WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAMER. LIST OF THE LUFRA'S CREW. Messrs. Ropner and Co., the owners of the s.s. Lufra, have this morning received a letter from Captain F. Burnitt, of their steamer Elpis, which left the Tyne a day or two previously to the Lufra leaving Cardiff for Genoa.
He states that they encountered no gales in the Channel or the Bay of Biscay, merely strong winds. They had a fine winter's passage to the Gulf of Genoa, where they felt strong easterly and northerly gales, but he did not expect they would extent beyond the Gulf. It was reported at Genoa that the s.s. Lufra had been seen off Cape San Sabastian, and he also heard the same report at Carthagena. He had not, however, been able to find any foundation for the statement.
In the light of Captain Bennett's report of the weather, it seems strange that the s.s. Lufra should be missing. Her crew, which shipped at Cardiff, were as follows, but the owners do not know their various addresses : J. M. Grimstead. captain, of Sunderland; George B. Cooper, first mate; Alfred P. Gurney, second mate; Henry Pederson, steward ; John Shoppo, cook ; William Bowen, boatswain; Christy Eriksen, A.B.; Martin Henning, A.B.; M. Waitiga, A.B.; Fred Colley, A.B.; Carl Ellingsen, A.B.; J.P.H. Geldsetzer, 1st engineer; Thos. Walker, 2nd engineer; James Whetton, 3rd engineer ; Joseph Crocker, donkeyman ; John Chapman, fireman; Wm. Gower, fireman; Wm. Corner, fireman; George Murray, fireman; William Penton, fireman: James Lewis, engineer's steward.

Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Monday, January 9^th, 1888:
THE MISSING WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAMER. HOPE ABANDONED. The whereabouts of the West Hartlepool steamer Lufra, which, as already reported in our columns, left Cardiff on the 12th December with a cargo of coals for Genoa, is still shrouded in mystery, and her owners, Messrs. Ropner and Company, are now reluctantly compelled to abandon all hope as to her safety.
Her course was through a much frequented portion of the ocean, and had she become disabled some vessel, it is thought, would have seen and reported her before this. There is therefore, only too much reason to fear that she has been either overwhelmed in a storm or has suffered from an explosion of her cargo. Her owners incline to the latter supposition, as it is known that her cargo consisted largely of inflammable coal. She was a remarkably fine vessel of the well-deck type, and was not likely to succumb to such a storm as might be encountered in the Mediterranean, which there is reason to believe she reached in safety.
The following is a list of her crew: J.M. Grimstead, master; G. B. Cooper, first mate; A.P. Gurney, second mate; H. Pedersen, steward; J, Shoppo, cook; Wm. Bowen, boatswain and Lamps; Christy Eriksen, Martini Henning, M. Waitaga, F. Colley, C. Ellingsen, able-bodied seamen; J. P. H. Geldsetzer, first engineer; Thomas Walker, second engineer; Jas. Whetton, third engineer; Joseph Crocker, donkeyman; John Chapman, Wm. Gower, Wm. Corner, George Murray, and Wm. Benton, firemen; James Lewis, engineers' boy.
The master belonged to Sunderland, the chief mate to South Shields, and the engineers to Stockton and Middlesbrough. The addresses of the other members of the crew are not known. This morning the owners received a letter dated Carthagena, January 4, from Captain Burnett of the steamer Elpis, who writes, in reply to a letter from Messrs. Ropner, that he experienced no gales in the Channel or Bay of Biscay, merely strong winds. "I may say," he adds," that we had a fine winter's passage to the Gulf of Genoa, where we had strong easterly and northerly gales, which I don't expect extended beyond the Gulf. It was reported in Genoa that the Lufra had been seen off Cape Sebastian. I also heard the same report to-day at Carthagena, but cannot find any foundation for it.” The Elpis, we may add, left England about the same time as the Lufra, and also belongs to Messrs. Ropner. The missing ship was built by Messrs. Gray and Co., of West Hartlepool, six years ago, and carried about 3,300 tons dead weight.

Dundee Evening Telegraph, Monday, 29^th November, 1909:
WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAMER ASHORE. The West Hartlepool owners of the steamer Mediana to-day received news that the vessel had run ashore Norderose, on the Danish coast, while bound from St. Petersburg to Rotterdam with a cargo of wood. The vessel is over 2000 tons.

Hartlepool Northern Dail Mail, April 24^th, 1922:
OLD MAN’S TRAGIC FATE Body Recovered from the Sea Near South Basin. The death under tragic circumstances occurred yesterday of an inmate of Hartlepool Workhouse. Peter Moran, aged 76, who had been in the Workhouse about a year, left that institution at 7-45 yesterday morning to attend service at the Roman Catholic Church. About noon he was seen at the end the south pier with his jacket off. He made an attempt to jump into the water, but was prevented. About 2.30 in the afternoon, however, was seen floating near the South Basin. He was got out of the water, and artificial respiration was tried, but without avail.
At the inquest this afternoon, Mr. G. E. Usher, Workhouse Master, gave evidence of identification, and stated that deceased had been at Howbeck House at different times – on this occasion since April 8th last year. Florence Bratt, of 38, Seamer Street, stated that deceased lodged with her for about 14 years. He was a labourer at the Steelworks, and when out of work went into the Workhouse. He worked fairly regularly up to a year ago and was hale and hearty, though according to his reckoning, he was 86 years old. He always used tell her that his people lived to be 99 or 104.
The Coroner: He may have been exaggerating a bit. On the Coroner pointing out that, according to the official information, deceased was 76—not 86 -witness said he always representing himself to be younger than was for fear of losing his work.
Proceeding, Mrs. Bratt said deceased was in the habit on Sunday mornings of going to her house and having a cup tea, but when called yesterday morning he would not have any tea, which she thought strange. He stayed till about 11-45, playing with her little girl—a child six.
“Going To Have a Swim.” Harrv McDonald, of 27 Ann Street, said he was fishing at the end of the pier at about noon, yesterday, when he noticed a hat, jacket, and stick on the pier wall, and going to the spot saw deceased in a crouching posture as though about to throw himself into the water. Witness just caught him in time, and asked him what he was doing. The old man replied that was “going to have a swim”. Witness got him to put his coat and hat on, and took him off the pier, leaving him near the Ward-Jackson Hotel. Witness thought the old man somewhat strange and would have given him in charge of a policeman had he seen one. Later witness heard that an old man had been drowned off the South Jetty, and went to the spot, assisting in the recovery of deceased. Artificial respiration was tried, but without success.
Efforts at Rescue. John Kenny, seaman, spoke to his efforts at rescue. He took off his coat and waistcoat and went in from the jetty. He got hold of the man, and with the assistance constable they got him on to the side of the jetty. The Coroner certified a verdict that deceased took his own life by drowning, whilst temporarily of unsound mind. He commended the conduct of Kenny, whose action, he said, was an extremely brave one. He did all he could to save the man’s life, and no doubt had he been on the scene a few minutes sooner he would have done so. He was not quite certain whether it were possible in a case of this kind to recommend him for recognition by the Royal Humane Society. If it were possible he would certainly do so.

Dundee Evening Telegraph, Monday, May 10^th, 1915:
WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAMER Torpedoed Off Blyth. Pirates Search the Vessel. (Passed for Publication). The unknown vessel reported sunk by the German submarine off Blyth on Saturday proves to be the Queen Wilhelmina of West Hartlepool.
One of the Furness Line navigating officers interviewed at Middlesbrough to-day, said they left Leith at 6 o'clock on Friday night and when off Blyth at four on Saturday morning, witnessed the sinking of the steamer Don of Hull. Another steamer was sighted, but she cleared off and the submarine then attacked the Queen Wilhelmina, firing a dozen shots. The latter was doing about twelve knots, and though she made a race of it she was overhauled and the captain gave the order heave to. The submarine ordered the small boat to come alongside, and then fired a torpedo at the vessel, which missed the mark. The armed crew then searched the vessel before a second torpedo sank her.
After being in the water for two hours the crew was picked up by a patrol boat and landed at Shields.

The Sad Story of Captain Henry McBeath

Harry Crukeshanks McBeath, later known as Henry, was born on 19^th February, 1824, in Stromness on the Orkney Island of Mainland, an island given the lesser known name of Pomona on his Mate’s Certificate. He was baptised in Stromness on 24^th of February, 1824. His parents James McBeath and Margaret Knarston were also Orcadians who married on the island of Hoy in 1820.

Harry had a younger brother James Burns McBeath who was born in Stromness in 1826. At some point, both men found themselves in Hartlepool. Harry applied for, and was awarded his Mate’s Certificate on the 10^th January, 1851, his claim form showing that he had been a mariner for 10 years beginning as an apprentice on a Whitby ship named Sisters from 1841 to 1845, then as an able seaman and finally as a mate on the same ship. He also served as an able seaman on various ships from the ports of Stockton, Sunderland, London and again Whitby. His certificate of service dated December 1850 gives his address as Commercial Street, Hartlepool.

In 1850, Harry married Mary Ann Granger who had been born in Robin Hood’s Bay. The marriage index gives the place of marriage as Stockton, but it is likely that it was Hartlepool which at the time was in the district of Stockton: a number of Hartlepool entries at the time are given as Stockton. Mary Ann Granger was, at the time of marriage, living in Hartlepool, having been brought to the town from Robin Hood’s Bay by her mariner father Phatuel Granger and his wife Sarah.

By 1851, Harry and his new wife Mary Ann were living in the California area of Throston, Hartlepool with Harry’s brother James also living with them. In 1853, the couple had a son Granger who died as a baby.

In 1861, Mary Ann was living at 95 Scarborough Street with three sons, Harry Crukeshanks (aged 6), John William, (4), and another Granger aged 2. Harry’s brother James was living in the house also and is listed as a Master Mariner. Harry himself was master of a vessel named Mayflower, which sailed out of Hartlepool in 1861 with five crew. He was awarded his Master’s Ticket on 11^th April, 1863, at Hartlepool, although his testimonial listing his ships showed he had been a master since 1861.

Mary Ann was still in Scarborough Street in 1871 with sons James (19), a ship’s joiner, Henry (Harry) 16, John William 14, Granger 12.  There had also been two further children Thomas, who was born and died in 1861, and Mary, their only girl, who was born in 1862 and died in 1868.

Tragedy struck on 15^th August, 1874. Many national newspapers at the time talk of two letters which detail a series of events and these seem to be best reported in the Northern Echo. Ainteek Boynvize, an officer on the screw steamer Victoria and Alexandra and acting captain as McBeath was unwell, contacted the offices of William Gray reporting that his captain and friend , Henry McBeath had been murdered by a crew member whilst the ship was in Barcelona.
[It has not been possible to trace a vessel named Victoria and Alexander; other reports give the name as the Victoria, of Alexandria, but as ‘Victoria’ was an extremely popular name, it has not yet been possible to identify the exact vessel).

The letter said that when the ship had arrived in Barcelona, the murderer had deserted ship but had then returned and demanded wages and also wished to resume work. As this man, unnamed and apparently Greek, had deserted a number of times, Captain McBeath had refused his request. He left but returned at midnight, stole into the captain’s cabin, woke him and demanded the same again. When McBeath refused once more, the Greek took out a knife and stabbed him in four places, mortally wounding him. He then escaped and at the time of the reports had not been found by Spanish authorities. McBeath was described as a much respected captain and father of five children.

Henry McBeath’s will was proved on 17^th February 1875.

In 1881 his widow was living at West Meadows, Greatham, near Hartlepool with her brother-in-law James (who never married), sons John and Granger who by then were apothecary chemists, and Samuel who was still a scholar and given as lame from childhood. By 1891 and 1901 they were at Rose Villa, Greatham, with James McBeath now listed as a retired Master Mariner and Mary Ann who was ‘living on her means’.

James McBeath died in 1902 and in 1911 Mary Ann had moved to Newton Bewley with son Samuel. Again they had ‘private means’, suggesting Harry McBeath had provided for them in his will.

Mary Ann died in June 1926 at the grand age of 93 years, having lost her husband 52 years previously. She had also brought up five children and lost three.

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, Tuesday, April 8^th, 1879:
HARTLEPOOL BARQUE SUNK. SIX OF HER CREW DROWNED. Yesterday morning the Danish cattle steamer Olga, trading between Copenhagen and the Tyne, arrived at Newcastle, and reported having been in collision with and sunk the barque Thornton, of West Hartlepool, drowning six of the latter's crew. The Thornton sailed from West Hartlepool with coal for Danzig, on Friday last, having on board a crew of nine hands. On Saturday night, about ten minutes to eight o'clock, when about 180 miles from the English coast, the weather being thick at the time, she was run into by the Olga. She was struck on the port side against the main chains, the steamer cutting right into her. She filled with water almost immediately, going down almost in a minute and a half, before any efforts could be made to leave her, and the whole of the barque's crew were thrown into the water. A boat was lowered from the Olga, and three of the men were rescued ; but the other six, including the captain and the mate, were drowned.
They were as follows :— Captain, Wm. Toyn;  Chief mate, Booth; Cook, William Holmes.; Able seaman, Charles Horn.; Ordinary seaman, John Stroughair; Apprentice, George Musson. The three who were saved were John Ireland and Frank Tracey, seamen, and William Lund, apprentice. Every attention was paid to them by Captain Odomen, of the Olga, and they were brought on to Newcastle yesterday, whence they were sent on to West Hartlepool, to which port they belong. The Olga was uninjured.
The Thornton, which was built at Sunderland in 1860, was a vessel of 346 registered tons, and was the property of Mr Isaac Bedlington, York Road, West Hartlepool.

Northern Daily Mail, Monday, 20^th January, 1890:
“Vessel ashore at Hartlepool. During Saturday night and yesterday, a strong south-westerly gale blew over the Hartlepools. About midnight on Saturday, the sloop Wear, of Scarborough, in endeavouring to find shelter in the Hartlepool Bay, was driven on to the rocks near Croft Beacon, but was towed off some hours afterwards and taken to harbour, apparently undamaged.

The S.S. Moggie hove in sight about noon yesterday, but owing to the force of the gale was driven dangerously near the Longscar Rocks. The steam tugs Salt and Steel, belonging to the North-Eastern Railway Company, went to her assistance and succeeded in towing her safely into the harbour.”

Newcastle Journal, May 4^th, 1870:
TOTAL WRECK OF A HARTLEPOOL COLLIER BRIG. Yesterday, a telegram reached Hartlepool, conveying intelligence of the total loss of the brig William Watson, Captain Wilson, of that port, on the 28th ult., on the coast of the island of Aland, in the Gulf of Finland. The ship, which belonged to Mrs. Allen, of Hartlepool, was a vessel of 23 keels, and left Hartlepool on the 26th March, with coals for Swinemunde. Having discharged her cargo,, she was proceeding to Gefle, to load timber, when she fell in with this mishap. Very providentially the crew were all saved; but the vessel herself, which is insured in the Alliance and Mutual clubs, at Hartlepool, will be a total loss.