The granite memorial in Eyemouth, depicting a broken sailing mastThe paired grave of members of the Stevenson family from Newhaven, drowned in the Eyemouth disaster and washed up the following spring, Rosebank Cemetery in Edinburgh
The Eyemouth disaster was a severe European windstorm that struck the south-eastern coast of Scotland on 14 October 1881. One hundred and eighty-nine fishermen, most of whom were from Eyemouth, were drowned. Many citizens of Eyemouth call the day Black Friday.
55°52′12″N 2°05′28″W / 55.870°N 2.091°W / 55.870; -2.091 The Eyemouthdisaster was a severe European windstorm that struck the south-eastern coast...
Eyemouth is a small town and civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is two miles (three kilometres) east of the main...
by Nick Broomfield, is a dramatisation of the events leading up to the disaster. A 2006 documentary Death in the Bay: The Cocklepickers' Story, was commissioned...
later demolished. Burnmouth lost 24 fishermen, drowned, in the 1881 EyemouthDisaster. This is commemorated on a bronze plaque mounted on the harbour wall...
a financial crisis in the United States. Black Friday (1881), the Eyemouthdisaster (14 October), in which 189 fishermen died. Haymarket affair (11 November...
The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which relate to the United Kingdom,...
from Hurkur, Hurker, Hurkar, Harkar, and Buss Craig Rock. During the EyemouthDisaster of 1881, a number of ships, returning from out of the storm, were...
coast fishing vessels were fully decked. Maritime history of Scotland EyemouthDisaster Scottish East Coast Fishery "historyshelf.org". Retrieved 14 May 2006...
the lights have been turned off in memory of the victims of the lifeboat disaster. Tom Bawcock's Eve is a unique celebration held on 23 December each year...
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