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The Lisle Family of Cullercoats
Newcastle Journal – 12 February 1848
There is little to communicate in addition to the particulars we last week gave of the melancholy accident which took place recently at Cullercoats, when seven fine, brave men were, by the swamping of their boat in a heavy sea, all drowned; five of them pilots, going out with the intention of assisting some vessels which were in the offing, making for the Tyne. They have left six widows, and fourteen children under twelve years of age, now nearly destitute, and therefore, for the present, dependent upon the contributions of the charitable and humane for their immediate support. In the hope of meeting with such assistance, a committee has been formed, consisting of the clergymen, gentlemen, and others in the township and neighbourhood, for the purpose of distributing any sums which may be collected, an account of which we expect to publish next week.
In the meantime, subscriptions will be thankfully received at the bank of W. H. Lambton, Esq. and Co. Newcastle, at Messrs. Philipson and Hare's, Tyne Street, North Shields, and at Mr. John Brown's and Mr. G. Bell's, grocers, Cullercoats. The Bishop of Durham, whose heart and hand are ever open, and prompt to comfort the afflicted and distressed, immediately upon being made acquainted with the accident, sent, unsolicited, an order for the munificent sum of fifty guineas, and many gentlemen have intimated to the committee their intention of following so praiseworthy an example.