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Hartlepool Mail, 21 Dec 1925: "Steamer on Rocks. Crew Saved by Rocket Apparatus"
"Exciting scenes were witnessed on the Northumbrian coast at Alnmouth in the early hours of yesterday morning. The steamship Amble, owned by the Broomhill Collieries Co., went ashore, and the crew of 17 were rescued by the Board of Trade life-saving apparatus.
The Amble was lying at anchor off Amble (Warkworth) at three o'clock yesterday morning. The weather was very stormy, a heavy sea was running, and there was a stiff wind. Without warning the vessel dragged her anchors, and she drifted at the mercy of the wind and tide. She was carried northward, and when off Alnmouth the coastguards noticed flares from the ship, showing that she was in distress.
The Alnmouth and Boulmer lifeboat immediately put off, but before she reached the Amble the latter had gone ashore on the rocks. The lifeboat stood by while the coastguards brought out their life-saving apparatus and fired a shot over the stranded vessel.
The end was made fast, and by means of breeches buoys the crew were all hauled ashore. They were all in a more or less distressed condition, due to their immersion in the water, but after receiving attention from the residents at Alnmouth, they were able to proceed later in the day to their homes, which are mostly in the Shields district.
It is expected that the Amble which was badly battered, will break up on the rocks. She is a vessel of 1,600 gross tonnage."
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