Annie and Matthew

21 September 1885

On Saturday morning, off Robin Hood's Bay, the fishing coble Annie and Matthew, while returning to Whitby after the night's fishing, was overtaken by a sudden squall and upset. There were three men on board at the time of the accident, two of whom - James Clarke and Matthew Dryden - were drowned. the other man, named Dryden, who has a wooden leg, saved himself by swimming. From the Times.

Dryden then had to climb the cliff to Peak were he was given refeshments and his train fare back to Whitby.