Crew`s Departure

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Only part of the funnel was still visible at high water and part of the hull and masts at low water. Captain Kruse and the other survivors arrived at Peterhead on Monday by special bus from Whinnyfold. Mr Robert Gray, the Danish Consul at Peterhead, supplied them with new clothing etc.

Captain Kruse stated that his men will never forget the kindness and hospitality of the Whinnyfold fishermen. Whilst in Peterhead, seventeen of the crew were accommodated overnight in the Model Lodging House, and the remainder in the Waverly Hotel. On Tuesday morning, Captain Kruse and the crew of the twenty four men left Peterhead for Aberdeen.

Most of the men had been provided with new outfits, having lost their belongings in the sea. they proceeded to the Sailors Home in Mearns Street, Aberdeen, after which they left by the 1.25 pm North British Train for Newcastle. From that Port they were shipped home.