He was articled to a ship-owner of Whitby as a common seaman on a coaler sailing between Newcastle and London. |
With an operational clam-shell bucket, the coaler allows you to unload a hopper car by scooping the coal from inside. |
This time the little craft had worked around abeam of the coaler, the latter's lights showing dimly in the thick fog. |
The story of the wreck and the sinking of the coaler had by this time been spread all over the country. |