School: Termonfeckin
- Location:
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 249
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - About nine years ago the ss "Madie" was approaching the port of Drogheda with a cargo of coal. It was a very wild day in the month of October. At that time there was no rule governing the pilots so the first man on board got the boat. There were two yawls chasing to reach the boat.
When they came alongside Peter Reynolds and Laurence Garvey were preparing to jump on board. Garvey had hole of a rope connected with the sail. Suddenly someone let go the halyards and the sail came down with a rush and Garvey fell over board.
The men in the yawls made desperate efforts to rescue him but were not successful. It was believed that he got struck by the propeller of the ship, as the water was stained with blood when Garvey disappeared.
