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The trawler is shown ashore, under Tregiffian Cliffs, near Lamorna
The boat had developed engine trouble in heavy seas. The Master and deckhand were saved by rocket apparatus (Breeches Buoy), but the other lives were lost.

Four fishermen who tragically lost their lives when their boat floundered onto rocks off Cornwall have been remembered by the descendants of those who tried to save them. Valentin-Henri Maertens, Alfonsus-Augustus Huisseune, Emilius-Julianus Dewaele…

Print and negative

Built across road after end of First World War - note Soldier Sailor& Airman standing on top of the Arch

These houses have now been demolished.

The Beachfield Hotel in the background

The Pavilion Theatre was built in 1912 and housed a theatre, ballroom and restaurant.

Victorian Family Group twelve Ladies of varying ages and spouses / young sons no young girls!.

Victorian children with their pet Jack Russell terrier enjoy a ride on a simple seesaw balanced on a sawn-off tree trunk.

A Victorian youngster proudly presents his home-made model of a Mount's Bay lugger (a Cornish fishing boat of the period), as some of the same rig can be seen in the background.

The Victoria bandstand in the Morrab Gardens, surrounded by Dracaena trees. Concerts were held in this bandstand every Sunday afternoon and evening in the summer. These trees are found all over West Cornwall and thrive in the mild sea breezes.

Victorian Album Collection of Prints copied and numbered separately pref M (VA) CONS BOX 1.

A porter talks to some customers at Victora Station

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A passenger sits waiting, reading a newspaper.

Went aground in thick fog, crew of five rescued by Sennen Lifeboat Susan Ashley