'Look there again! Someone is steering very strangely. The ship acts as though no-one is at the wheel. She changes about with every puff of wind. We'll hear more about that ship before this time tomorrow."

A Cutting from "The Dailygrath," 8 August (Pasted in Mina Murray's Journal.)

'ONE of the greatest and most sudden storms on record has just been experienced here. The results are both strange and unique. The weather had been somewhat sultry, but that is not uncommon in the month of August. Saturday evening was as fine as anyone can remember. Many holidaymakers set out yesterday on visits to Mulgrave Woods, Robin Hood's Bay, and the other holiday spots around Whitby. The steamships Emma and Scarborough made trips up and down the coast, and there were an unusual number of people travelling both to and from Whitby.

Vocabulary:

At the wheel: Steering a ship or car
Puff: A short blow of air
Cutting: Here, a story cut from a newspaper
Pasted: Stuck in with glue
Journal: A formal diary
On record: Known from a list
Unique: Like nothing else
Sultry: Hot and humid