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Scotch steam boiler
At 0400 hrs on the 29th March 1913 the French Steam Trawler 'Tadorne' encountered a violent storm off the Northumberland Coast and foundered on the rocks ¼ mile north of Howick Haven. Local farmer Thomas Thompson heard the desperate cries of the crew and raised the alarm. The Craster Coastguard arrived about 7am and set up a Breeches Buoy, a line carried by a rocket fired from the shore over to the ship but it was to no avail as the seas were so big the sailors on board the Tadorne couldn't secure it. A driver was sent by Earl Grey from Howick Hall over to Boulmer and the RNLI 35' Rubie Class open-decked Lifeboat 'Arthur R Dawes' was launched off the beach through extreme surf conditions, pulled by the crew of twelve. Twice the Lifeboat made the perilous 2 mile journey back to the Tadorne and rescued 25 of the crew but sadly five French sailors perished that fateful day. They are buried in a single plot in the Churchyard of St Michael and All Angels at Howick Hall. All that remains of the Tadorne is the Scotch steam boiler and a length of the keel plates still on the rocks. Taken with a Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Supercolor Autofocus on Polaroid (TIP) B+W film
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2022
July
27
| Northumberland (GB)
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POLAROID SX-70
| Impossible SX-70 B/W 2.0
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