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Duties of a Harbour Master
The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, November 27, 1863; Issue 4114
William COOK, master of the schooner, William, of Yarmouth, appeared to answer the complaint of Stephen Postill and seven others, pilots of Bridlington Quay, for not paying some salvage claimed by them for services rendered to the said schooner when in distress in Bridlington Bay, on the 3rd instant. It appeared that about 2 o'clock on the above morning, these boatman were in the bay looking out for vessels, when they met with the said schooner riding at anchor outside the Smithwick, having lost all her sails, and making so much water that the crew could just keep the pumps sucking, and they were nearly exhausted. When these men got on board they asked the captain for £200 to take him into Bridlington Harbour. He said it was far too much, and he would leave it to the gentlemen to settle on shore. They replied No, they would have a bargain; and if he would give them £120, they would leave him. The captain then agree to give that sum. They got the vessel into harbour by eleven O'clock the same morning. The cargo (coals) was valued at £50, and John CAMPLEMAN, harbour master, was called to prove the value of the schooner, when he said she was the worst he had ever seen, and he did not think she was worth £60-Mr. Summers, of Hull, appeared for the boatman, and Mr. Richardson, of Bridlington, for the captain. The bench awarded them £60.
The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, October 3, 1873; Issue 4630
DEATHS
Campleman, November 27, at Bridlington Quay, aged 79 years, John Campleman, Harbour Master at that place.
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