Engraving Longstone Lighthouse in storm
Engraving from Heroes of Britain published circa 1890. Info from : Longstone lighthouse is most famous as the scene of the Forfarshire wreck of September 1838 when Grace Darling, a daughter of the keeper in charge, braved stormy seas to help rescue four men and one woman in their frail open boat and later a further four survivors.
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