Forfarshire

I put out a/feeler/the other night; Miss Dempster was pressing him to visit her when he should be in Forfarshire (he is going to Linlathen amongst other places), and I said: 'I shall perhaps be nearer you than he will be!

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

The rock on which the "Forfarshire" struck is so sharp and rugged that it is scarcely possible for persons to stand erect upon it, even when it is dry, and it descends sheer down into the water more than a hundred fathoms deep.

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

The "Forfarshire" steamer was a vessel of about three hundred tons burden, and it was under the command of one, John Humble, who had formerly been master of the "Neptune," of Newcastle.

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

The "Forfarshire" was to go from Hull to Dundee, with a valuable cargo of bale goods and sheet iron; and she sailed from Hull on Wednesday evening, September

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

Grace Darling and her father to the "Forfarshire," is probably in existence at the present day, It came into the possession of Mr. George

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

It was about six o'clock on Thursday evening when the "Forfarshire" passed through the Fairway, the water which lies between the Farne Island and the mainland.

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

But as the wreck of the "Forfarshire" deserves especial mention, because of the heroic conduct of the lighthouse-girl, it will be necessary that we should become acquainted with as many of its details as have been preserved.

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

Everything relating to the gentle heroine of the "Forfarshire" was interesting, and it was not possible for her to visit this place again without the people knowing of it.

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

We cannot, perhaps, exalt her deed too highly, but it should always be borne in mind, that she would have been just as good a girl if the "Forfarshire" had never been wrecked on the coast of the Farne Islands.

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

And who would censure the mother under such circumstances, especially when the fact is known, that she was left alone on the island to witness their struggles as they crossed a pass between the Longstone rocks and those on which the surviving sufferers of the ill-fated 'Forfarshire' were anxiously looking out for help?

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope