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Wreck of ss Jebba c1907

POSTCARD posted 1907. 7- pic memento of wreck of ss Jebba. Inscribed "During the dense fog which prevailed in the English Channel on Sunday night 17th March 1907 the lines 'Jebba', bound from West Afroca to Liverpool (calling at Plymouth) abd carrying 79 passengers in addition to a crew of 76 ran ashore on the rocks at Bolt Tail, Hope Cove. The passengers and crew were all safely landed thanks to the brave exertions of the coastguards abd local fishermen by means of the ROCKET APPARATUS having to be hauled from the deck of the wecked steamship to the top of the towering cliffs 200ft above sea level. DRA 5544 SK 047