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Cutting from “the Dailygraph”, 8 August

           Makingstraightforthesteepcliff,wherethechurchyardhangsoverthelanewaytotheEastPiersosteeplythatsomeoftheflattombstones,thruffsteansorthrough-stones,astheycalltheminWhitbyvernacular,actuallyprojectoverwherethesustainingcliffhasfallenaway,itdisappearedinthedarkness,whichseemedintensifiedjustbeyondthefocusofthesearchlight. 

           ItsohappenedthattherewasnooneatthemomentonTateHillPier,asallthosewhosehousesareincloseproximitywereeitherinbedorwereoutontheheightsabove. Thusthecoastguardondutyontheeasternsideoftheharbour,whoatoncerandowntothelittlepier,wasthefirsttoclimbaboard. Themenworkingthesearchlight,afterscouringtheentranceoftheharbourwithoutseeinganything,thenturnedthelightonthederelictandkeptitthere. Thecoastguardranaft,andwhenhecamebesidethewheel,bentovertoexamineit,andrecoiledatonceasthoughundersomesuddenemotion. Thisseemedtopiquegeneralcuriosity,andquiteanumberofpeoplebegantorun. 

           ItisagoodwayroundfromtheWestCliffbytheDraw-bridgetoTateHillPier,butyourcorrespondentisafairlygoodrunner,andcamewellaheadofthecrowd. WhenIarrived,however,Ifoundalreadyassembledonthepieracrowd,whomthecoastguardandpolicerefusedtoallowtocomeonboard. Bythecourtesyofthechiefboatman,Iwas,asyourcorrespondent,permittedtoclimbondeck,andwasoneofasmallgroupwhosawthedeadseamanwhilstactuallylashedtothewheel. 

           Itwasnowonderthatthecoastguardwassurprised,orevenawed,fornotoftencansuchasighthavebeenseen. Themanwassimplyfastenedbyhishands,tiedoneovertheother,toaspokeofthewheel. 

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