Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . he named HawthornHive Cottage. He was residing there on the 5th November, 1824,when a terrible gale swept across the north-east coast, and fiftyvessels were wrecked within sight of the house. Summoning hisservants, he went down to the shore and attempted the rescue of thecrew of the ship Dido, which lay between two rocks, about 30 yards GEORGE ANDERSON. 63 from the cliffs. The crew, chnging to the bowsprit, made manyineffectual attempts to throw a rope to the Major, but failed, untilhis Newfoundland dog, which had accompanied the party, dashedinto the surge
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . he named HawthornHive Cottage. He was residing there on the 5th November, 1824,when a terrible gale swept across the north-east coast, and fiftyvessels were wrecked within sight of the house. Summoning hisservants, he went down to the shore and attempted the rescue of thecrew of the ship Dido, which lay between two rocks, about 30 yards GEORGE ANDERSON. 63 from the cliffs. The crew, chnging to the bowsprit, made manyineffectual attempts to throw a rope to the Major, but failed, untilhis Newfoundland dog, which had accompanied the party, dashedinto the surge and brought the rope ashore in his mouth. Fourteenpersons were rescued, taken to the house, and handsomely treatedby the Major and his family. Next day, adds Sykes, the captainswife visited Hive Cottage, where she with streaming eyes expressedher gratitude, and, falling upon her knees, kissed the dog which hadbeen so essentially instrumental in saving her husband and the the 6th September, 1831, Major Anderson died without. issue, and was buried in St. Nicholas Church. There is a muralmonument to his memory in that sacred edifice; and in St. ThomassChurch at the Barras Bridge, to which he had been a liberalsubscriber, his arms were, the year before his death, placed in thegreat east window, side by side with those of the Rev. RichardClayton, master of the hospital, and son of his old opponent, theTown Clerk. When his will was read, it was found that he hadmade some singular bequests intended to benefit and beautify hisnative town. He left to St. Andrews Church ^100 for thepurpose of repairing and ornamenting the tower thereof; and if thatthe tower aforesaid, after being repaired and ornamented, shall be 64 GEORGE ANDERSON. found capable of bearing and admitting a spire of height from 50to 100 feet high, then, in that case, I leave it ;^4oo more for thatpurpose. My wish is that it may be seen from Durham Cathedral,and give an exterior dignity to the town of Newcastle. To
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