The Huers (watchers) Hut, which was an observation post for the watcher to spot the Pilchard schoals close to shore during the hey day of the Pilchard fishing industry in Cornwall
The Belgian Motor trawler, Vierge Marie of Ostend was a 200 ton vessel. She was on her way into Newlyn after developing engine trouble off Pendeen the previous afternoon, and there had been no warning of how close the weather had brought her to the…