585 20 19123 https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16364/RGN.098.tif 996f1885d3c77737f490fe35f82e384b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8" x 11" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pindos, German barque wrecked at Chynhalls, 1912 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912-02-10 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.098 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Coverack Subject The topic of the resource Shipwreck Description An account of the resource The Pindos launched in June 1890 by Williamson of Workington as the Eusemere, was a steel, four-masted barque of 2,354 tons net and 2,512 gross, built for the firm of Fisher & Sprott of London. In 1896 she was sold to B. Wencke & Company of Hamburg and her new owners seemed able to bring out her finer sailing qualities. She left Hamburg for Port Talbot in late February 1911 and loaded coal brickets for Mejillones, on the west coast of South America. The weather was so bad that she took six weeks to round Cape Horn, and later was almost wrecked at Taltal. At Mejillones, she discharged and loaded nitrates and sails for Falmouth, arriving on February 1st 1912. As an example of German Discipline, the first mate ordered four men aloft to scrape and varnish the main royal yard as she entered harbour, despite the fact that it was snowy hard. She lay at Falmouth until February 10th, when she left for Hamburg to discharge in tow of the German tug Ancona. But they had hardly got out into Falmouth bay than the strong southeasterly wind refreshed and backed. Both ships were gradually forced backwards down the coast, and despite all the tugs efforts at 9 pm the Pindos was carried broadside on to Chynhalls Point, less than half a mile from Coverack Village. The tug captain held her head to sea for some time to stop her broaching, but was eventually force to slip the hawser. Meanwhile the Coverack lifeboat had putt off, and aided by the glare of newly provided acetylene searchlights, rescued the Germans by breeches-buoy from the waveswept and listing poop deck. On February 20th, the Pindos, together with her gear and stores, was sold for £225, but later gales soon reduced her to pieces. Over the years salvage has been carried out, but parts of her masts, rigging, plates and keel still lie on the seaward side of the Chynhalls. Description from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coast (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1917), p. 99-100. 1911-1930 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16365/RGN.122.tif dbb0f599fc60858457b0cfefb1d20c6b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 12" x 9" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource S. S. Ixia, Cape Cornwall, 1929. Subject The topic of the resource Collier Ixia (1922), 2,985 t, wrecked off Cape Cornwall (Brisons) on passage from Swansea to Constantinople (Istanbul), 30 June 1929. Ref: i, 353 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1929-06-30 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.122 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Cape Cornwall Description An account of the resource Ship shown from starboard quarter, semi-submerged. Report in The Cornishman 4th July 1929 Page 3 Details recorded in Folder C of Collins Collection SS Ixia total wreck at Cape Cornwall, off Brissons 4pm. Struck the Bridges reef, struck another rock trying to beach her. Due to being too close in shore, having landed two of the firms officials at St Ives just previously. Weather was clear and sea smooth. Owners Stag Line of North Shields. Classed A.1 at Lloyds. 2985 Gross Tonnage, built in Sunderland 1922. Captain Holt of Newport, mostly Welsh crew. Was en route from Swansea to Constantinople with 5000 tons of coal Record in Collins Red Binder C Item C128 Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16367/RGN.099.tif 4d17158acf1b22cbb0c616d04f18e793 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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Title A name given to the resource SS Maud on Pentreath Beach Lizard, 1912 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912-02 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.099 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pentreath beach, Lizard Subject The topic of the resource SS Maud, aground on Pentreath Beach, the Lizard, Feb 1912 Description An account of the resource Distant view of the ship, capsized and half-submerged in heavy surf with rocky coastline in background Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16368/RGN.123.tif 8aa16dbec1a7b0010e2065eabe0d1c5b https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16368/MORRAB-RGN.123Ed.tif 957cb33f6251a0dd5717beecdee78705 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 7" x 5" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Schooner St.Anne, Porthleven, 1931. Subject The topic of the resource French schooner St. Anne, wrecked in south west gale near Porthleven harbour mouth en route from Cardiff to Vannes, Brittany, 3 Nov 1931. Crew of 6 saved by Life Saving Apparatus. Last sailing vessel to be wrecked in this vicinity. CS i, 182-3 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1931-11-03 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.123 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Porthleven Description An account of the resource View from ahead from beach, with fore topsail still set. Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16369/RGN.100.tif 31e32b0f716afcccad64da3c4a74221e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8" x 11" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource SS City of Cardiff, Nanjizal Bay, 1912. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912-03-21 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.100 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Nanjizal Bay, Lands End Subject The topic of the resource SS City of Cardiff, 3,089 t, stranded at Nanjizal Bay, Land's End on 21st March 1912 while on passage from Le Havre to Cardiff. Ref: DSA i, 145 Description An account of the resource View of ship from cliff-top with figure being rescued by breeches buoy. Print damaged at lower left corner. Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16370/RGN.101.tif 31b9c6f27f452a273f1cc857aa52c097 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8" x 11" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource SS City of Cardiff, Nanjizal Bay Lands End, 1912. Description An account of the resource Man being rescued with a breeches buoy, from close-by position on cliff-top; bow of ship in background. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912-03-21 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.101 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Nanjizal Bay Subject The topic of the resource As RGN.100. Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16371/RGN.101b.tif 9fb6f4a5dc2e660b3e7c644560b10c38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8" x 11" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource S.S. South America ashore at Merthen Point, March 12th 1912. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912-03-13 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.101b Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Merthen Point Subject The topic of the resource Shipwreck Description An account of the resource The South America was a steel screw steamer of 4,197 tons gross. She was owned by Nitrate Producers Company of London and had sailed from Hamburg bound for Cardiff in water ballast, under charter to the Hamburg Amerika Line. The weather was poor until March 12th 1912, when it cleared and Captain Bowling was able to morse 'All's well' to the signal station on the Lizard. But less than half an hour later the South America was steaming through thick banks of drizzle and frequent squalls of torrential rain and having to steer a zigzag course across Mount's Bay to avoid a Newlyn pilchard fleet, strung out haphazardly from Mousehole island to Runnelstone. At Midnight, Captain Bowling altered course northward to take the South America round Land's End. She ploughed on through the murk with the lookouts still keeping a wary eye open for the fishing boats and had just avoided a lugger lying at her nets when second officer Read saw the dark shape of land right ahead. The helm was swung hard over, but even as the steamer's 389 horse power engine was put violently into reverse there was a rumbling screech and she shuddered over the big round boulders of St. Loy Bay. By the time it rattled down on St. Loy bay, the steamer had been identified as the South America from London. A rocket line was fired over her, but as no one was left aboard to secure it. Captain Alfred Bowling and Chief officer Thom, and second officer Harold Read, a Penzance man, swam out, climbed up a rope over the ship's side and set up the lines to work the breeches-buoy. As dawn lightened the sky above Carn Boscawen, the ship's instruments and the crew's baggage were landed and the South America was seen to be lying broadside-on near Merton Point, at the western end of St. Loy. She looked intact, but when the tide ebbed her bottom plates were seen to be badly damaged. The salvage steamer Lady of the Isles arrived, but even then it was obvious reflecting the stranded steamer would be a very difficult operation. In the days after the wreck, prospects of salvage grew dimmer with every tide, and a gale which blew up a week later caused more serious damage. Finally, the underwriters disposed of her to the Western Marine Salvage Company of Penzance, who began to break her up. At a Board of Trade Enquiry in May 1912, Captain Bowling and his officers levelled charged of looting at the people of St. Loy, as a number of things, including the Chief Officer Thom's Boer war medals and a large manila hawser (ship rope) had mysteriously disappeared. The medals were returned but the hawser was not, and there was talk that someone had been wrecking. These accusations were bitterly resented by the local people, many of whom had given very help and opened their homes to the shipwrecked crew. After two days, the findings of the court were announced. Captain Bowling was found guilty of not having navigated the South America with due care and in a proper and seamanlike manner; he had failed to take soundings after the shore lights were obscured and should not have altered course until he was certain of the steamer's position. In view of his previous unblemished record, he did not lose his certificate but received a severe warning. After the proceedings he withdrew his allegations about the looting of the South America. During the spring and summer of 1912, the local people became familiar with the great hulk of the South American and the breaking gangs who swarmed over her, and many could remember similar scenes twenty years before, when the French pit wood steamer Saintonge was wrecked in the bay. Autumn came and the South America was still slowly diminishing as the salvage men cut deeper into her steel hull. October was an even foggier month than usual that year, and it was during the dark hours of the 14th that the extraordinary wrecked occurred in St. Loy, exactly seven months after the first one. At half-past three in the morning, John Richards was roused from his bed for the second time that year by unusual noise in the bay. He thought at first that the salvage men must have raised steam on the South America, or were engaged on som particularly noisy job, but as it seemed unlikely at that hour he took the lantern he had used to guide in the South America's crew and made his way down to the shore. Thick fog swirled over the sea and it was several minutes before he saw a small steamer right against the big hulk's weather side. Within an hour, the Lady of the Isles had arrived, towing the Newlyn Lifeboat, while the rocket cart from Mousehole had joined the inhabitants of St. Loy on the same rocks from which they had fired the line over the South America. The lifeboatmen and coastguards soon discovered that the stranded steamer was the 599- ton steel screw, schooner-rigged Abertay. Owned by Boise et Chabois of Lorient and bound for Barry with a cargo of pit wood. Description taken from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coasts (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.203-208. 1911-1930 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16372/RGN.101c.tif c9be371474f2329f824c9b739b3dff00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8" x 11" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource S.S South America ashore at Merthen Point, 1912. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912-03-13 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.101c Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Merthen point Subject The topic of the resource Shipwreck Wreck Description An account of the resource The South America was a steel screw steamer of 4,197 tons gross. She was owned by Nitrate Producers Company of London and had sailed from Hamburg bound for Cardiff in water ballast, under charter to the Hamburg Amerika Line. The weather was poor until March 12th 1912, when it cleared and Captain Bowling was able to morse 'All's well' to the signal station on the Lizard. But less than half an hour later the South America was steaming through thick banks of drizzle and frequent squalls of torrential rain and having to steer a zigzag course across Mount's Bay to avoid a Newlyn pilchard fleet, strung out haphazardly from Mousehole island to Runnelstone. At Midnight, Captain Bowling altered course northward to take the South America round Land's End. She ploughed on through the murk with the lookouts still keeping a wary eye open for the fishing boats and had just avoided a lugger lying at her nets when second officer Read saw the dark shape of land right ahead. The helm was swung hard over, but even as the steamer's 389 horse power engine was put violently into reverse there was a rumbling screech and she shuddered over the big round boulders of St. Loy Bay. By the time it rattled down on St. Loy bay, the steamer had been identified as the South America from London. A rocket line was fired over her, but as no one was left aboard to secure it. Captain Alfred Bowling and Chief officer Thom, and second officer Harold Read, a Penzance man, swam out, climbed up a rope over the ship's side and set up the lines to work the breeches-buoy. As dawn lightened the sky above Carn Boscawen, the ship's instruments and the crew's baggage were landed and the South America was seen to be lying broadside-on near Merton Point, at the western end of St. Loy. She looked intact, but when the tide ebbed her bottom plates were seen to be badly damaged. The salvage steamer Lady of the Isles arrived, but even then it was obvious reflecting the stranded steamer would be a very difficult operation. In the days after the wreck, prospects of salvage grew dimmer with every tide, and a gale which blew up a week later caused more serious damage. Finally, the underwriters disposed of her to the Western Marine Salvage Company of Penzance, who began to break her up. At a Board of Trade Enquiry in May 1912, Captain Bowling and his officers levelled charged of looting at the people of St. Loy, as a number of things, including the Chief Officer Thom's Boer war medals and a large manila hawser (ship rope) had mysteriously disappeared. The medals were returned but the hawser was not, and there was talk that someone had been wrecking. These accusations were bitterly resented by the local people, many of whom had given very help and opened their homes to the shipwrecked crew. After two days, the findings of the court were announced. Captain Bowling was found guilty of not having navigated the South America with due care and in a proper and seamanlike manner; he had failed to take soundings after the shore lights were obscured and should not have altered course until he was certain of the steamer's position. In view of his previous unblemished record, he did not lose his certificate but received a severe warning. After the proceedings he withdrew his allegations about the looting of the South America. During the spring and summer of 1912, the local people became familiar with the great hulk of the South American and the breaking gangs who swarmed over her, and many could remember similar scenes twenty years before, when the French pit wood steamer Saintonge was wrecked in the bay. Autumn came and the South America was still slowly diminishing as the salvage men cut deeper into her steel hull. October was an even foggier month than usual that year, and it was during the dark hours of the 14th that the extraordinary wrecked occurred in St. Loy, exactly seven months after the first one. At half-past three in the morning, John Richards was roused from his bed for the second time that year by unusual noise in the bay. He thought at first that the salvage men must have raised steam on the South America, or were engaged on som particularly noisy job, but as it seemed unlikely at that hour he took the lantern he had used to guide in the South America's crew and made his way down to the shore. Thick fog swirled over the sea and it was several minutes before he saw a small steamer right against the big hulk's weather side. Within an hour, the Lady of the Isles had arrived, towing the Newlyn Lifeboat, while the rocket cart from Mousehole had joined the inhabitants of St. Loy on the same rocks from which they had fired the line over the South America. The lifeboatmen and coastguards soon discovered that the stranded steamer was the 599- ton steel screw, schooner-rigged Abertay. Owned by Boise et Chabois of Lorient and bound for Barry with a cargo of pit wood. Description taken from Richard Larn and Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks: The South Coasts (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1971), p.203-208. 1911-1930 Seafaring and shipping Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Orchard_Slide_Collection_2/16373/ORCH.SL.0237.tif 768ad597759e513bd80dd1dd7e4eb905 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Orchard Slide Collection 2 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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Title A name given to the resource Under Chapel Yard Subject The topic of the resource Buildings Description An account of the resource Situated opposite St. Mary's Church, Chapel Street, Penzance Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Margaret Orchard Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1900 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 35mm Slide Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ORCH.SL.0237 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Penzance https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Orchard_Slide_Collection_2/16374/ORCH.SL.0238.tif cda54d0c5c6ea8a1456d4e1b35aa3f57 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Orchard Slide Collection 2 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Item Location How to find the item (e.g. cabinet name or number, shelf number, drawer name or number) Shelf 3 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mrs Trudgeon's Shop Subject The topic of the resource Buildings Description An account of the resource Situated on Market Jew Street, Penzance opposite the Terrace Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Margaret Orchard Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1930 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 35mm Slide Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ORCH.SL.0238 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Penzance https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Orchard_Slide_Collection_2/16375/ORCH.SL.0239.tif 7700083e6d4aa38c85fef663757a74e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Orchard Slide Collection 2 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Item Location How to find the item (e.g. cabinet name or number, shelf number, drawer name or number) Shelf 3 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Abbey Hotel, Penzance Subject The topic of the resource Buildings Description An account of the resource Located at the Abbey Slip overlooking the Abbey Basin Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Margaret Orchard Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1905 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 35mm Slide Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ORCH.SL.0239 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Penzance https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Orchard_Slide_Collection_2/16376/ORCH.SL.0240.tif 3cbfc73726286a3eca12b8d3ecc1de33 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Orchard Slide Collection 2 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Item Location How to find the item (e.g. cabinet name or number, shelf number, drawer name or number) Shelf 3 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Chyandour Square, Penzance Subject The topic of the resource Buildings Description An account of the resource Reproduced from an old etching which shows the site of the Old Telegraph Office and three Public houses; The Fish Tin Copper, the One Ball plus one other name not known? Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Margaret Orchard Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1880 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 35mm Slide Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ORCH.SL.0240 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Penzance https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Orchard_Slide_Collection_2/16377/ORCH.SL.0241.tif e7779ed72aa9eb66426ec6a6f3a25826 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Orchard Slide Collection 2 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Item Location How to find the item (e.g. cabinet name or number, shelf number, drawer name or number) Shelf 3 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Greenborough Mine House, near Ding Dong Mine site Subject The topic of the resource Buildings Description An account of the resource Disused mine working Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Margaret Orchard Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1890 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 35mm Slide Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ORCH.SL.0241 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ding Dong Mine area 1871-1890 Mining and quarrying https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/James_Downing_Collection/16378/JDC_027.tif 67df6e7973117cba9b7db4f47a9a31e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Downing Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trewarveneth Street, Newlyn Description An account of the resource 175x130mm. Looking up Trewarveneth Street. Building to the left was later converted into Stephens baking Shop Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived James Downing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1895-1900 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JDC 027 https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/James_Downing_Collection/16379/JDC_028.tif aef48aa2a979172d77e407162f9df3bf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Downing Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Trewarveneth Street, Newlyn Description An account of the resource 200x130mm. Looking up Trewarveneth Street, small children. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived James Downing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1895-1900 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JDC 028 https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/Orchard_Slide_Collection_2/16383/ORCH.SL.0242.tif c4c65167aeac399dd81ad3e0ce9065e2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Orchard Slide Collection 2 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Item Location How to find the item (e.g. cabinet name or number, shelf number, drawer name or number) Shelf 3 Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ORCH.SL.0242 Title A name given to the resource The Picturedrome, Penzance Subject The topic of the resource Buildings Description An account of the resource Originally known as the Central Hall, then the Picturedrome which became the Regal Cinema, and now the site of the Penlowarth Building situated on St Mary's Terrace Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Margaret Orchard Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Morrab Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 1911 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 35mm Slide Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Penzance https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16386/RGN.125.tif 4e85c3650a56e47e19609ecff6b89b9c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5" x 5.5" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Unidentified sailing vessel, heavily dismasted in Penzance (?) harbour, no date Description An account of the resource Postcard format Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.125 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Penzance harbour Subject The topic of the resource Vessel alongside jetty, viewed from ahead, with figures visible on board and share Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16387/RGN.126.tif 99be9b4771a9a31e16cea73d7813aa57 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 4" x 6" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Deck photo of unidentified ship in harbour being pumped out Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.126 Subject The topic of the resource Deck-level view of workmen pumping water overboard from a ship in harbour. (This may be the Scilly packet steamer Lady of the Isles, towed into Penzance after striking rocks at Lamorna Cove Sept 1904 - see rgn.063 and 063B) Description An account of the resource Print; some fading in foreground Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16388/RGN.127.tif 152714ef316e43caf9ecf87aefc383f1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 6" x 8" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Close up view of damage to sailing vessel Ohlsund, undated Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.127 Subject The topic of the resource Port quarter view of damage to sailing vessel Ohlsund, probably in Penzance harbour Description An account of the resource Print Wrecks https://photoarchive.morrablibrary.org.uk/files/original/The_Ronald_Garlick_Newport_Collection_of_Gibson_Wreck_Photographs/16389/RGN.128.tif a73adfef8278479ad0ed32f25b3a7ac1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Ronald Garlick Newport Collection of Gibson Wreck Photographs Description An account of the resource A collection of mostly shipwreck photographs mostly by Gibson of Penzance. References: CSI: Richard Larn & Clive Carter, Cornish Shipwrecks, Vol 1: The South Coast, 1969 DSA: Charles Hocking, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam 1824-1962, 1969 2 volumes PSD: David L Williams, A Dictionary of Passenger Ship Disasters, 2009 WR: Cyrill Noall & Graham Farr, Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast, 3 vols, 1964-5 Larn: Richard Larn Cornish Shipwrecks: the Isles of Scilly Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 6" x 8" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Close up view of damage to sailing vessel Ohlsund Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gibson Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Morrab library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Print Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RGN.128 Subject The topic of the resource Mattresses visible inside damage to plating indicate collision with another ship Wrecks