Flora - Hartlepool - 1883

Shields Daily News, Saturday, February 3rd, 1883:
WRECK OF A SCARBOROUGH SCHOONER AT HARTLEPOOL. Hartlepool, Friday.—Early this morning strong south-south-east gale, accompanied heavy rain, squalls, broke over the district of the Hartlepools, and shortly after three o'clock a small schooner from Scarborough, the Flora, Captain Baker, whilst making for the old harbour, with a cargo of barley, from Blakeney, drove on to the rocks, outside the new breakwater, close to the Heugh. The coastguard, whose rocket apparatus is stationed at this spot, speedily fired a line to the stranded vessel, but it fell abaft the mizenmast, therefore a second rocket was fired, but with no better result, and the captain and crew of three took to the boat, in the fear that the vessel would break up. They had no time to save a single article of clothing, and narrowly escaped perishing from the capsizing of the boat, and shortly after they landed their vessel began to break up and is now a total wreck. The Flora belonged to her captain, and was uninsured. Upon being landed the wrecked men were taken charge of by Mr. Armstrong, the local agent of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Association.

Hartlepool Northern Dail Mail, Tuesday, February 6th, 1883:
WRECKING AT HARTLEPOOL. This (Tuesday) afternoon at the Hartlepool Borough Court, Catherine Hanley and Mary Melia were charged with wrongfully carrying away a jib-sail and other gear from the ketch Flora, which was wrecked on the shore on Friday morning; and Anthony Anson with carrying away a quantity of rope, and Daniel Golden a quantity of tarpaulin, the 2nd February. The vessel went ashore to the north of the lighthouse, and notwithstanding the fact that it was broad daylight, the defendants helped themselves. The magistrates taking a lenient view of the matter, fined each of the women 10s and costs, and dismissed the men with a caution.

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, Friday, February 8th, 1883:
Friday, at 1 p.m. – Sale of Wreck, near the Lighthouse, Hartlepool. Mr. Graham, Auctioneer.

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