Barometer 1885/86

A Society Aneroid Barometer was awarded to the John Howe Skipper of the Smack Clement for saving the life of Captain Wilson and 4 hards from the SS Blanche of Newcastle on 11th October 1885 50 miles east of Leman.  Pecuniary awards were made to William Edwards (1st Mate) Henry Howe (2nd Mate), and to apprentices, William Hallam and William Loveridge.

In the case of the smack Clement, for saving Captain JS Wilson and four hands from ss Blanche, of Newcastle on Tyne, bound to Amsterdam, which sprung a leak and had to be abandoned, on October 11 1885, about 50miles E of the Leman – the service being accomplished, at imminent peril, in the smack’s boat, manned by the Master and his First Hand, and the rescued being landed at Lowestoft on October 13.  The Master, John Howe was rewarded with a Marine Aneroid Presentation Barometer; and to the First and Second hands, William Edwards and Henry Howe, a pecuniary reward of two pounds and one pound each; and to the two apprentices, William Hallam and William Loveridge, the sum of ten shillings each.