John and Robert of South Shields

[Coquet]

DREADFUL STORM .
The Newcastle Courant, Saturday, January 15, 1803


"The John and Robert of South Shields, Wm. Wittingham master, had stoutly weathered the storm of Sunday, but the crew, from the storm’s continuance, found they could not keep off the land, and endeavoured to get into the Coquet roads; from the loss of their try-sail, they could get no further up than under the lee of the North Steel, where they cast anchor, but being long in taking hold, by the time she got here cable, the vessel struck upon the Pan Bush.
They cut their cable in order to get over the rock, which they effected and got into deeper water. They then let go the other anchor. But having struck hard upon the rock she was filling fast with water, and they were obliged to cut and run her ashore about noon on Monday, near the mouth of the Coquet, where she now lies on the edge of the Pan rocks, much damaged. The crew 14 in number were with great difficulty saved by their boat."




Wonder what the mouth of the Coquet looked like in 1803?? and a rare happy ending for that one - everyone off.