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The Dangerous River ...
Body Found
from the Hull Packet of 2nd November 1813
On Wednesday morning, the body of a man, habited like a sailor, was found floating near the shore, at a
small distance from Wintringham.
He had a wooden leg, and in one of his waistcoat pockets was a leathern pouch, containing some tobacco, and a shilling of the date of 1723, marked J.H.A.H. - He was buried at Wintringham on the following day.
Accident on the Three Sisters of Wintringham
from the Hull Packet of 7th August 1840
About five o'clock in the afternoon, another accident of a dreadful nature, occurred in the Junction Dock on
board a sloop named the Three Sisters of Wintringham, where a "purchase-man," named Thomas Rushton, a fine athletic fellow, was engaged in shifting a heavy piece of oak timber, when it fell upon him, and
literally smashed out his brains. He was conveyed to the Infirmary, where he lingered until half-past nine o'clock and expired. He has left a widow and three children.
Missing on crossing to Winteringham
from the Hull Packet of 1st December 1848
The neighbourhood of Winteringham, near Barton, was thrown into a painful state of excitement last week, in consequence of two men, named James Moore and Paterson
Everett, having left Weighton lock, on the Yorkshire side, with a cargo of pots, for Winteringham, and not having since been heard of.
It blew hard from the S.W. at the time the boat left Weighton lock, and there is every reason to believe that the men must have met with a watery grave, as the mainsail and foresail of the boat have since been picked up. Everett was a Winterton man, and has left a wife and two children, and Moore, who was a widower, has left seven children totally unprovided for.
Sudden Death
from the Hull Packet of 24th August 1849
NEWPORT
On Thursday the 16th inst., Mr John Sargeant, master of the keel Victoria, of Blacktoft, after taking in a cargo of cliff stone at Hessle, in proceeding
to his destination, Yokefleet, in consequence of the ebbing of the tide brought up in the Brough roads on Thursday: whilst there he eat a very hearty dinner, but between five and six o'clock he was attacked with
cholera, which in a short time became so severe that it was thought advisable to have him conveyed to his residence at Newport, where the best medical aid was procured (Mr. H. J. Raines of that place, was in
immediate attendance), and the most prompt and anxious attention was paid to his case, and every means used for his restoration, but without the desired effect, as he expired a little after one o'clock on Friday
morning, after suffering the most excruciating pain. He was very greatly respected by his employers, Messrs. Grasby and Reynolds, and a numerous circle of friends and relatives.
He was the youngest son of the late Captain George Sargeant, of Wintringham, near Barton, Lincolnshire, and was in the 31st year of his age.
Wrecked keel brought safely to the Haven
from the Hull Packet of 6th November 1863
The keel belonging to John Fussey of East Halton, was wrecked on Whitton Sands, on Monday night, but on Tuesday morning Mr Thomas Burkill, and others, from
Winteringham, rendered valuable assistance and succeeded in getting the vessel safe into Winteringham Haven with the loss of several stores, and about 15 tons of coal.
She was freighted for Mr. Charles Wells, of Hull.
Winteringham folk’s kindness to shipwrecked sailors
from the Hull Packet of 11th December 1874
This long article, together with a poem of the occurrence by Winteringham’s Ann Barratt, published immediately after the event can be found by clicking here.
Steamer Wrecked (again!)
from the Hull Packet of 26th September 1884
A STEAMER WRECKED IN THE HUMBER.
- The steamer Killarney (Captain Rowbottom), from Goole to Bruges, with a general cargo, grounded on Saturday night twelve miles above Hull, capsized, and filled. The crew were saved. The Killarney is an iron steamer, of 359 tons gross, and owned by the Goole Steamship Company. The Killarney lies in about 18 or 19 feet of water near the Winteringham Lights, on the Lincolnshire coast. Her cargo, or rather portions of it, soon after she foundered were washed from her hold, and bales have been picked up by the watermen and others. The men on board had a narrow escape of their lives, and lost everything. They remained by the steamer after the Killarney sank in the hope that when the tide rose she would lift again, but instead of doing so she launched into the river, crossing the channel, and finally heeling over as the tide flowed. Her cargo was a valuable one and is covered by insurance, as is also the vessel herself. It is noteworthy that she had made over 1,000 voyages out of Goole, and her loss is due to the monetary loss of steerage power forcing her on to the bank. The Killarney has had many narrow escapes, and has been all but destroyed on several occasions.
Steamer Raised
from the Hull Packet of 21st November 1884
WINTERINGHAM
The s.s. Killarney, which sank on the 20th September in the Whitton Channel, has been raised.
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But the river has been an enemy as well as a friend. As can be
seen from this Customs Map produced in 1734, the river then was very different to the river today. Most obviously - there is no Read’s Island - but that is just one example of the
constantly shifting shape of the waterway. In the nineteenth century, brickworks were washed away on Ferriby Road, and it wasn’t until the middle of the twentieth century that
embankments prevented many high tides inundating that same road.
