Sea Rescue

Sea Rescue

In the early hours of 7 September 1838, Grace, looking from an upstairs window of the on the spotted the wreck and survivors of the Forfarshire on, a nearby low rocky island. TheForfarshire had foundered on the rocks and broken in half: one of the halves had sunk during the night.She and her father determined that the weather was too rough for the to put out from , so they took a (a 21 ft, 4-man Northumberland) across to the survivors, taking a long route that kept to the lee side of the islands, a distance of nearly a mile. Grace kept the coble steady in the water while her father helped four men and the lone surviving woman, Mrs. Dawson, into the boat. Although she survived the sinking, Mrs Dawson had lost her two young children during the night. William and three of the rescued men then rowed the boat back to the lighthouse. Grace then remained at the lighthouse while William and three of the rescued crew members rowed back and recovered the remaining survivors.Meanwhile the lifeboat had set out from Seahouses but arrived at Big Harcar rock after Grace and her father had completed the rescue:

Sea Rescue

Sea Rescue

Sea Rescue

Sea Rescue

Sea Rescue

Sea Rescue

Sea Rescue

Sea Rescue

Sea Rescue