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memory of the brave fellows who had found her both their coffin and their sepulchre was 

 that stamped indelibly upon the hearts of the loved ones they had left behind. 



Of Scarborough there are most ancient records. Its name is Saxon from Scar, a rock, and 

 Burg, a fortified place. A Northern historian records an invasion by the Danes in the ninth 

 ;and tenth centuries in the following manner : " Towards the end of the reign of Adalbricht, 

 King of Northumberland, an army of Danes under Knut and Harold, sons of Gorin, invading 



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England, subdued a great part of this province ; upon which Adalbricht, meeting the enemy, 

 and fighting a battle at Clifland or Cleveland, in the north, routed the Danes with great 

 slaughter. But soon after this the Danes, leading their forces to Scardaborga, fought and 

 obtained the victory ; then marching to York, they subdued the inhabitants, and passed some 

 time in peace." The venerable castle dates from the reign of King Stephen. 



The harbour of Scarborough is the only place of refuge on a dangerous coast reaching 

 from the Humber to Tynemouth Haven. It possesses lifeboats, mortar apparatus for aiding 

 ships, a Seamen's Hospital, Trinity House, and Mariners' Asylum. The place itself has become 

 a most fashionable watering-place. But sometimes here, as at many other seaside resorts, 

 the terrible mingles with the gay. Such was particularly the case in November, 1861, when 

 events occurred which threw a general gloom over both the inhabitants and visitors. 



