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1838: The remarkable story of a woman who sailed out in rough seas to save people from drowning
Grace Darling – Family and Friends Readers 5
What you need to know before your trail
In 1838 a young woman named Grace Darling was thrown into the spotlight after helping her lighthouse keeper father to save a group of people who had been shipwrecked on the rocks in a storm.
Travel Guide
Grace Darling
Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842) was an English lighthouse keeper’s daughter,who is now famous for having rowed a boat out to the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838. She wanted to see if she could help rescue them
The boat ran aground on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland in northeast England; nine members of her crew were saved.
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A) Bamburgh - Grace Darling museum
B) Farne Islands - Grace Darling sailed here
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Grace Darling – Family and Friends Readers 5
Author/Guide: OUP Oxford Destination: Bamburgh, Farne Islands Departure Time: 1838
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