Chapter 14 A WRECK IN THE NORTH SEA.

One December afternoon in the year 1875, just as night was closing in,

the steam-tug Liverpool, which had left Harwich at six o'clock in the

morning, was seen steaming into the harbour with flag half-mast high.

It was quite dark when she reached the quay, but there was light

enough for the crowd collected to see rows of figures laid in