SHIPPING – Harbour of Refuge on the North-East Coast

Accreditation the Redcar and Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 24/02/1871.

HARBOUR OF REFUGE ON THE NORTH-EAST COAST.

            Lord Claud Hamilton (M.P. For Lynn) will move on March 7th “that the recommendation of the Harbour Commissioners of 1868 be carried out.” The recommendation referred to was “that a Harbour of refuge be erected at Filey.” The late terrible disasters on the coast have called the attention to the strange fact that there is a coastline of 200 miles in extent, from the Forth to the Humber, without a refuge for ships: and yet the traffic is unequalled in extent. The heavy loss of life and property, which annually takes place on the North-East coast calls loudly for this long promised refuge harbour, and it may be whole that Lord Claud Hamilton’s motion will lead to the desired end.

Accreditation the Redcar and Saltburn-by-the-Sea Gazette 24/03/1871.

HARBOUR OF REFUGE ON THE NORTH-EAST COAST. 

            In the House of Commons, on Tuesday (21/03), Lord C. J. Hamilton presented petitions from Redcar, Coatham, and 12 other places, together with one from merchants, ship-owners, and underwriters at Lloyds, in favour of a Harbour of refuge on the North East coast.