Part 7

Cutting from “the Dailygraph”, 8 August

           Fromacorrespondent. 

           Whitby. 

           Oneofthegreatestandsuddeneststormsonrecordhasjustbeenexperiencedhere,withresultsbothstrangeandunique. Theweatherhadbeensomewhatsultry,butnottoanydegreeuncommoninthemonthofAugust. Saturdayeveningwasasfineaswaseverknown,andthegreatbodyofholiday-makerslaidoutyesterdayforvisitstoMulgraveWoods,RobinHood’sBay,RigMill,Runswick,Staithes,andthevarioustripsintheneighborhoodofWhitby. ThesteamersEmmaandScarboroughmadetripsupanddownthecoast,andtherewasanunusualamountof‘tripping’bothtoandfromWhitby. Thedaywasunusuallyfinetilltheafternoon,whensomeofthegossipswhofrequenttheEastCliffchurchyard,andfromthecommandingeminencewatchthewidesweepofseavisibletothenorthandeast,calledattentiontoasuddenshowof‘marestails’highintheskytothenorthwest. Thewindwasthenblowingfromthesouth-westinthemilddegreewhichinbarometricallanguageisranked‘No.2,lightbreeze.’ 

           Thecoastguardondutyatoncemadereport,andoneoldfisherman,whoformorethanhalfacenturyhaskeptwatchonweathersignsfromtheEastCliff,foretoldinanemphaticmannerthecomingofasuddenstorm. Theapproachofsunsetwassoverybeautiful,sograndinitsmassesofsplendidlycolouredclouds,thattherewasquiteanassemblageonthewalkalongthecliffintheoldchurchyardtoenjoythebeauty. BeforethesundippedbelowtheblackmassofKettleness,standingboldlyathwartthewesternsky,itsdownwardwaywasmarkedbymyriadcloudsofeverysunsetcolour, flame,purple,pink,green,violet,andallthetintsofgold,withhereandtheremassesnotlarge,butofseeminglyabsoluteblackness,inallsortsofshapes,aswelloutlinedascolossalsilhouettes. 

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