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The Reighton Tragedy.
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The Reighton Tragedy
One of the most distressing accidents ever associated with the Yorkshire coast took
place at Reighton, some three miles south of Filey, on August 29. Three Leeds children,
all girls, were wading on the sands in company with two other girls, their cousins, who
live near, and all five lost their lives through being unconsciously surrounded by the
in-coming tide. The circumstances were of an extremely pathetic nature, for the children
were drowned in sight of their mothers, who frantically, but without avail, rushed into
the sea in an attempt to rescue them, whilst another visitor, who could not swim, managed
to get within 20 yards of the children before being compelled from exhaustion to give
up his attempt. The three children, who belonged to Leeds, were the daughters of Mrs.
Lavinia Taylor, wife of David Taylor, a drayman, of 11 Kirkland-place, Beeston-road,
Leeds, and a fact which makes the affair still sadder is that they constituted the entire
family of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Taylor has for some time past been staying with
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Webster, who resides at Reighton, and to whom the two other
children belonged. The names of the children are:-
- Lily Taylor, aged 12.
- Clarissa Taylor, aged 9.
- Elsie Taylor, aged 7.
- Martha Alice Webster, aged 11, and
- Hannah Mary Webster, aged 3.
The Leeds girls had been staying at Mr. Webster's farm with their cousins a fortnight,
and were on the point of returning home.
Transcribed from The Australian Star,
dated Sat 11 Oct 1902.
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