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Manley | Official Number
8633 |
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Manley | Official Number
8633 |
The Manley was a brig built at Harrington by James Carr in 1818. She was registered at Whitehaven in 1840, and remained owned in that port until her loss.
The Manley, bound from Newport for Dublin with a coal cargo, was driven ashore in a strong SE gale, at Bettystown beach, near Drogheda, on the 28th September 1871. All her crew survived, one man being rescued from the surf by two local ladies, after he had floated to the shore on a lifebuoy.
The Dublin Evening Mail, September 1871;
"On Wednesday afternoon the brig Manning (sic), of Whitehaven,
for Dublin with coals, was caught in the storm then blowing, and driven
ashore at Bellystown (sic), near Drogheda. The vessel immediately commenced
to break up, and some of her crew threw themselves into the sea and made
for the land. Two ladies, Miss Jane Campbell and Mrs.Fox, Girley, Kells,
while standing on the beach apart, looking at the wreck, saw a man struggling
in the water, and evidently at the last effort. He was so exhausted that
every attempt to keep his feet resulted in his being swept under water,
and he had sunk once or twice when the two ladies observed him. Both the
heroic women at once dashed into the water, and when they reached the now
senseless man were up to their armpits in the waves. They seized the poor
creature with a hand each, and thus succeeded, though with great difficulty,
in getting him to land. He was removed to Mrs.Grant's hotel, where restoratives
were applied, and he was soon able to thank his deliverers. The vessel
was totally lost, but all the crew were saved. "
Miss Campbell, of Drogheda, was awarded the Silver medal of the RNLI in acknowledgement of her brave conduct. The thanks of the RNLI, inscribed on vellum, were awarded to Miss Campbell and to Mrs.Fox, of Kells, who had "aided and encouraged Miss Campbell in her mission of mercy".
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