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About Dr Burns. Me and Derek Falcon where going for our Mates Tickets I think, and we had to have our First Aid Ticket as well, so me and Derek set of down dock and he said we have got a bit of time let's go and have a pint in Rayners and a bit out of character for me ? I said do you think we should knowing that Burnsy was a bit of a twat ,but Derek never stood on ceremony for anyone so we had a couple of pints and then set of for the Surgery. When we got there we had to resuscitate a plastic dummy after a couple of goes we thought we were doing ok but Burnsy said f@ck off he’s dead, and as me and Derek went out of the door Burnsy said the next time you come and see me make sure you do not have a drink first, I think he failed us because we had a couple of pints, because everyone said how easy it was to get your First Aid Ticket you only had to turn up, but not me or Derek.

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We at Hull Bullnose Heritage Group would like to thank Victoria at Signs Display.Com for designing the Memorial Plaques and the Cover for them and putting the montage together, and also thank the lads for erecting them.

 

Submitted by Billy Collins

A very tragic Loss and never to be forgotten.
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After some research I came across a book trawler disasters . i came across a story about 2 hull trawlers that sank at Iceland the year was 1955. the crew,s of LORELLA and RODERIGO were fighting for their lives.on the morning of Jan 23 1955.
Lorella and Roderigo where fishing alongside the Grimsby trawler the York City off the north cape of Iceland
when it was blowing hard and freezing hard. all 3 trawlers pulled there gear on board and ran for shelter. Lorella and Roderigo laid just 4 miles off the Icelandic coast.
the weather got worse.the skipper of Roderigo spoke to the york city and told them [that her and the Lorella wouLd try and find the Kingston Garnet
because she had a wire fouled around her prop].but unknown to them the Kingston Garnet had freed her self.
Roderigo had reported to the Lancella that a hurricane had been blowing all night and still blowing. Lorella had reported[ the wind east force 10 ]
Lorella was dodging still blowing very hard with continuous snow. at 21;15 hours Roderigo reported [still dodging].
Next report from lorella was at 09;00 on the 26th to Lancella [weather still very bad, and badly iced up position not known]
at 09;10 roderigo reported [been trying to get around but no go].5 minutes later the lorella spoke to roderigo saying
[boat deck solid with frozen snow lads have been digging it out it is also solid on the bridge top].the roderigo replied [same here george and the whaleback is a solid block].
the only message heard from the lorella was a mayday call at 14;35 heard faintly and getting fainter so the last part of the message [heeling right over can,t get her back].at 15;05 hours roderigo told the lancella
[wind force 11 to 12 we are off the cape think the lorella was a stern somewhere] at 15;31 hours the skipper of the roderigo said
[ we are tacking in heavy water now and the aerials are iced up again].the last communications from Roderigo.at 16;33[maneuvering difficulty]. 16;50 hours [we are listing badly to starboard and would like you to come to us]time 17;05 hours [she,s going over and can,t get her back] time
17;10 hours [mayday turning right
over,turning right over,please acknowledge] just a few minutes later the skipper repeated [ she,s going over,going over].
then at 17;20 hours all communications stopped.the only trace that was left From the sinking of the Lorella and Roderigo and the forty men onboard was a rubber dinghy.
found by a Icelandic trawler.at the time.
NEVER EVER SHOULD WE FORGET THESE DEAR SOULS
What it must have been like onboard that is what this Hull Bullnose Memorial Group are striving to achieve so we need all
THE MEMBERS ON THE..
NEW HULL FISHERMENS SITE to join us in this need to preserve what should have been done all those many years ago,
please join and donate your 2 pounds as this will greatly help this cause.
this is what we are fighting for for the generations of Hull fishing Community. thank you

On Saturday 6th June 2015 on the four corners of the boulevard Hessle road, eight memorial seats will be unveiled, To remember the courageous women of the head scarf campaign, LILLIAN BILOCCA, CHRISTINE JENSEN MBE, MARY DENNESS, & YVONNE BLENKINSOP who fought for safety of the fishermen of our port, also four benches will be unveiled to the three lost ships and crews of the dreadful winter of 1968 the ST ROMANUS, ROSS CLEVELAND & KINGSTON PERIDOT, and a bench will also be unveiled to the memory of the GAUL and the crew lost in 1974.

Me and Jerry met with Mark Smith of HCC at the Boulevard on Thursday 4th Sept to discus the placement of the memorial benches and to move things on.

Triple Trawler Tragedy campaigners to be honoured with new plaques in Hull's Hessle Road
By Hull Daily Mail | Posted: November 05, 2014
By James Campbell

Representatives from the Hull Bullnose Memorial Group, from left, secretary Tony Calvert, treasurer Ray Coles, and chairman Jerry Thompson, at the corner of Boulevard and Hessle Road.

THE trawlermen's wives who fought for safety improvements within the industry are set to be honoured in Hessle Road. Funding is now in place to provide the eight plaques and benches at the bottom of the Boulevard at the junction with Hessle Road.

They will recognise the four women – Lillian Bilocca, Yvonne Blenkinsop, Christine Jensen and Mary Denness, who campaigned for better safety following the notorious Triple Trawler Tragedy in 1968.

Three vessels from Hull – St Romanus, Kingston Peridot and Ross Cleveland – were lost during winter storms. The skippers of the three vessels will also have benches dedicated to them, along with that of the Gaul. The Hull Bullnose Memorial Group is behind the plans and has been backed by ward councillors. Treasurer Ray Coles said: "We wanted to create something at the Bullnose, but we had problems with the landowner. "We came up with a concept to provide benches and plaques at the Bullnose but, when that wasn't possible, we decided Hessle Road was the best place as it is known throughout the whole world.

"The benches will be at each corner of the junction with planters and we also hope to put up banners". "We have spoken to all the people and families concerned and we have their backing and support". "We are doing what we can to keep the history of the fishing industry alive". "We think the wives, led by Lil Bilocca, deserve some recognition."

The group was formed last year in a bid to place plaques and benches at the bullnose on the former St Andrew's Dock, where trawlers set off on deep-water fishing trips. Chairman Jerry Thompson said: "The contribution of the head scarf women has never been truly recognised and we feel this is a great way of doing that. "We just want to bring the fishing community back together. "We are always looking for funding and carry out our own events. We have had very good support from the council and also from the Goodwin Trust." "The response we have been getting is phenomenal."

Mary Denness, 77, and now living in North Lincolnshire, is delighted by the plans. She said: "I am extremely honoured and this is an ideal place for the plaques and benches. "It is in the middle of Hessle Road, which was at the heart of the trawler industry. "It is important to keep our heritage alive". "I hope to be there when it is all unveiled."

The group hopes the benches and plaques will be in place by spring next year and should be unveiled in April or May.
Meanwhile, the group is holding a fundraising reunion event at Rayners pub in Hessle Road on Saturday, November 15, when more plaques will be unveiled.

£2,000 donation for benches and plaques
WARD councillors Daren Hale and Nadine Fudge have provided £2,000 for the new scheme to provide the benches and plaques.
Cllr Hale said: “We are pleased to be supporting this scheme. As well as honouring those women who campaigned for improved safety in the fishing industry, this will also help upgrade an area of Hessle Road and give it a bit of a boost.”

It was in late November we had been fishing of the Bullnose Area Se Corner of Iceland..

When the weather deteriorated very bad forecast of sever gales 9,10 or 11 with sever snow and iceing,

so we decided to take shelter in Sedhasfjord of which you enter through various high mountains

at Dalatangy on the entrance into the fjord, we arrived in safely in the port, finding we had company in the Lord Lovat,

( Skipper Tony Atkinson ) and one of his best mates Also sheltering in the Lord Alexander who was Eddie Start,

Myself Skipper in the Newby Wyke, again age but i do thing it was Eddie Barketh (from Fleetwood) who was mate with me,

if not it then could have been Tommy Foot.again cant remember all the rest of the crew..

the story begins at around 0130hrs early morning one of the night watch comes down and calls me out,

telling me he had heard a distress call being broadcasted by the Hausa, that she was running aground as she had no engine,

so every one was called to action stations, my response was to get on the bridge and call port authority to be given,

permission to go out and give assistance if we could, by this time all the crew are prepared mate on bridge bosun on bridge,

waiting orders, we did not really know what was happening on the two other vessel, it was all done so quickly,

and i must stress, with so much great seaman ship,

We threw the ropes of and called the port to let them know we were on our way, we had also at this time tried,

to raise the Hausa by Radio VHF but either they could not get a signal or we were blocked out,

whilst steaming out we had organised how we were going to try passing over the tow wire,

So we ran the port side warp through the for,ard Sheave down through the after sheave,

leading threw the towing block and spare wire onto the after Poop deck area,

we eventually got contact with the Hausa who said he had about half an hour before they would be on the rocks,

The Skipper Paddy Donohue asked me what we thought we discussed the approach and we all knew that it,

was only a once pass job so the lads had the schemully line attached to the warp and were all prepared ,

Big Ray Smith was on the Whaleback of the Hausa (bless him) along with some of his other lads,

you had to be there to realise just serious and dangerous this action was, but lives had to be saved,

so i maneuvered the vessel into position and closed up as much as we could allow to hopefully,

make it that one successful pass, and it was done, as soon as the lads on The Hausa had secured the Tow line,

we had put the vessel in a position to immediately commence towing, and with great relief we got the strain,

and commenced to tow the Old Lass into Port, with great Jubilation from the crew onboard the Hausa and a great reception,

from the crews on the other two vessels, we also had the port Authority come down and congratulate us,

all by telling us at the time at the entrance it was a NW FORCE 10 and heavy snow,

but the crew were just fantastic and we all had a great celebratory drink onboard the Hausa,,

About 6 months later all the crew and myself Got a Pittance of Salvage money from Helleyers

not that we were really bothered about that we all felt great that we had saved our friends

as we know it is only what fisherman would do for each other regardless of the dangers....

The Hausa

Here is a true story that will make your hair stand on end,

it as late November 1972 outward bound for Iceland

Skipper Charlie Andrew (checkbook charlie ) nickname ,,

me Mate and only other member of crew i remember to

date,is Dave Woods i think he was Fourth Hand at the time,

we had been ordered to go into Midvag in Faeroe,

to get our fish hold filled with Ice as at that time the Hull Ice Factory,

were on strike hence no Ice on board.

so we arrived into Midvag,late evening.

loaded up our Ice and then we prepared to sail for Iceland,

before going off watch the old man (skipper ) had asked me to pass,

on the sever weather report that we had received that night,

gales possible storm force 10 in the offing,

well as all fishermen know that is something that all our

great fishing vessels could handle also with due care,

so we did not think any thing the worse of that forecast as like plenty before we carried on.

we departed around 0100hrs from Midvag i had relieved the skipper.

and took the watch to clear the headlands,

then passed on the watch to Bosun who in turn passed on to the Third Hand

the following day the weather started to get a bit lousey,

and through into the night the skipper passed on again a sever weather warning for our area,

and all watch keeper had been made aware but as it always so happens,

and with such great force in the early hours just at breakfast time ,

this sea smashed into out vessel and caved in half the bridge on the port side,

and clearing away 5 of the bridge window,and navigating Pole compass,

and breaking of the starboard Bridge door were two of the watch keepers Third hand

and spare hand were thrown out of at the same time smashing the two radars

and loads of other electrical equipment that was all used for navigating the vessel

this was the scene that myself and the skipper arrive to

after struggling up from the after cabin below deck area

were we use to eat our meals, as we struggled over the cat walk in engine room

to the storms doors dividing the lower bridge area,

when we opened the door up, we were greeted with a wave of water

on venturing up the stairway towards the bridge top we passed the skippers

living quarters and i can still hear and see his face to this day

Charlie sings out oh no look at the state of my cabin its in a right mess

never ever will forget that in view of what we were about to come across,

and what was to take place.

So we eventually arrived on the bridge to this horrific scene of disaster,

electrical wires burning a huge amount of water in and around the bridge

no bridge window port to midships, and also

no men on the bridge, fortunately some of the other crew had also

arrived on the bridge so we immediately began to organize,

ourselves a man to take the wheel and two men to look,

for the missing men, but more importantly to see what was out side ,

that had caused this damage and again good luck was again on our side,

as it was starting to break daylight and we could see more clearly,

and when we seen the seas that were rolling along out side we new we were,

in trouble,

over the next 4 days we battled through this very sever storm,

we had taken the wooden gratings out of the after liver house,

to blank up as best we could the missing bridge windows,

it was about 18hrs after the initial hit that we realized we had no communicating no radars no

means of internal navigational aids to help so we had to rely on the direction of wind at time,

as we also had no compasses to steer by also at that time.

we heard a whimpering coming from out of the wireless room and

one of the spare hands happened to say were is the Sparky

he was only 19 first trip sparky to sea and had been locked in his cabin,

at the time he did not receive to much sympathy as we all had a lot,

more on our minds and that was to survive this storm one of the worse,

that i have been involved in over mt 50 years at sea, and we have seen a few,

so to shorten the story some what, the weather debated some what,

and skipper decides lets head back to the Faroe Islands,

and get some help at that time we did not relise how badly damaged she had been,

so on the third day night time charlie and i had been having cat naps on the bridge

and that third morning charlie had gone to bed tea time arrive and he says to me,

go and get a proper nap of at that time i jumped for joy, short lived am afriad,

just as am taking me sea boots of to climb into me bunk one of the spare hands,

arrived shouting the old man wants you on the bridge, so no more ado the boots back on

and away to bridge to be greeted by the skipper looking out one of the windows left in

he said he had seen a red white red light in the distant, and thought it maybe,

some vessel doing underwater operations with only seeing this Red White Red Lights,

so we kept heading for them and he informed me to get out the emergency radoi and

transmit a distress call so me and Dave Woods went out on to the veranda,

with a bucket to get some water into so we could earth the transmitter,

and we cranked it up and i commenced to call out our distress call

Mayday Mayday Mayday this is the Kingston Almindine we are in need off,

assistance and so repeated this several times and proceeded back into the

bridge were charlie was still directing us in towards these lights,

now we could all see these Red white red lights but it was pretty dark and weather was still maybe a force

8 or 9 with snow falling but you could still see them so he asked me,

to repeat the mayday message again of which we did, still nothing towards,

happened still heading for these light, so then he asked me,

to fire of some schermully rockets in the direction of these lights

so me and Dave again ventures out on to the port veranda and on getting out there,

all of a sudden i could hear this niose i shot passed Dave and i then threw,

the spare hand of the wheel and started to yank the steering wheel hard to starboard,

skippers sings out vwhats wrong i said shouting go and listen out there,

as it turned out he also heard it so we navigated away from those light s,

for some considerable distance and then the skipper says we shall,

wait till daylight, so we dodged around till daylight,

then we got the biggest surprise of our lives, coming towards us was a Fishery protection vessel,

and a Grimsby fishing vessel the Gillingham one of the football class,

they had been laid a back of the wedge the two islands ot the NE corner of the Faroe Isles,

were they had been taking shelter and they both heard our mayday distress call from that night,

they escorted us into Klaksvik, were we recieved a healthy reception,

and that is were we first had a sight at the damage that had been caused,

also unfortunetly the two lads who had been swept out of the bridge had some how been swept aft to the starboard lifeboat,

and were both stuck underneath, receiving broken bone damage,and were put ashore,

along with three other crew members who had enough,so we stayed in Klaksvik for to carry out repairs,

to bridge and superstructure along with the rewiring and installing of various equipment that had been smashed ,

we sailed with 5 Faeroe,es fisherman, returned to Iceland completed our Voyage,

and come home to settle in debt,

we later found out that we had been reported missing in the hull daily mail,

and we found out that those light we had seen and very near run into were the beacon lights on top of the mountains,

at the Northern entrance to Straight fjord all fisherman who sailed north will have used that short cut route at some time in their sea career,

so we not only survived from being sunk in that storm, but also from running aground,

i just Ho[e that maybe Dave Woods or one of the other crew who were on board remembers this incident and can verify all that i have disclosed,

as i know me old Captain Charlie Andrews has sadly passed on like no doubt a few others,

may they all rest in peace,, just some of the hardships we had to endure along the way,,....

Bill Collins Mate Kingston Almandine 1972

OSMOND OTTO BRAND 1855 - 1882
Hanged 23rd May 1882 Armley Gaol, Leeds Yorkshire.
Murder of WILLIAM PAPPER.

Born in the year 1855 in Stowmarket Suffolk, Son of Walter Wiseman Brand an Corn Dealer, and Ann Elizabeth Stanton. He Married Hannah Stork in 1876 in Sculcoates Yorkshire, and had a son Henry Walter Wiseman Brand, which died as a baby in 1877.

3rd JULY 1882
MURDER OF A HULL FISHER BOY.
A TERRIBLE STORY OF CRIME.
At the Yorkshire Assize at Leeds on May 10th, before Mr Justice Williams, Osmond Otto Brand, 27, skipper of a fishing smack, was convicted of the murder of William Papper, a Fisher boy, aged 15 years, in the North Sea, on the 29th December last, and was sentenced to death. The trial lasted two days, and extraordinary interest was taken in it on account of the frightful disclosures of the brutal treatment which the poor boy had to endure. Mr Waddy in stating the case on the part of the prosecution, said the boy was killed by inches. It appeared that on the 16th December last the fishing smack Rising Sun left the port of Hull for a cruise in the North Sea. She had on board when she set sail the prisoner Brand, who was the captain, a man named Dench, the second hand, Rycroft, third hand, and three boys, named Blackburn, Yates, and the deceased boy Papper, who was fourteen years of age, and had a short time before been apprenticed to Brand. The smack returned to Hull on the 5th of January, having been away about three weeks. Brand went to the police office and afterwards to the parents of the deceased, and reported that early in the morning of New Year's Day, in a heavy sea, Papper was swept overboard by the foresail sheet. Brand further went on to say that he caused the vessel to be stopped, that ropes were thrown overboard, and that everything possible was done to save the boy, but without avail. Suspecting, however, that everything was not right, the mother of the boy, in the presence of the police and of the crew of the smack, reproached Brand with having ill-used her son. Brand appealed to the crew as to whether he had not treated the boy well, and at that time they all replied that he had.

Nearly two mouths elapsed before anything further transpired in connection with the case, and it seemed as if the prisoner was about to escape the ordeal of a trial for the crime of which he was now charged.

On the 1st of March, however, the young men, Blackburn and Yates, made a certain communication to the Hull police, and this having got to the ears of Dench, he came forward and volunteered a detailed statement. Upon this Brand, who was at that time in town, was arrested, and Rycroft, who was at sea, was taken into custody on landing. It was upon the evidence of Dench, Blackburn and Yates that Brand was now charged with the wilful murder of Papper on the high seas.

The evidence revealed the most revolting cruelty on the part of Brand. It appeared that as Papper was joining the vessel on the 16th December, Brand was bidding good-bye to his wife. Papper, in a harmless sort of a way for he was a gentle and amiable lad, said to Brand, “Skipper, my sister says she knows you,” a remark which seemed to have aggravated the prisoner beyond control, and to have caused him to say afterwards, “As soon as I got you out I'll kill you.” In the evening of that day, as the vessel was making down , the Humber, Brand commenced the course of cruelty towards Papper which ended in a fearful death. The boy was sent below on some pretence, and Brand followed him, picked up a piece of thick rope, and beat him with it about the head, face and body for about ten minutes, causing his nose to bleed, his face to swell, and inflicting great pain. Later in the evening Brand resumed his ill-treatment of the boy, and continued it day by day until the 23rd December, when a course of brutality was commenced against the boy, the horrible character of which has few, if any, parallels in the annals of crime. Two days before Christmas, in the depth of winter and on the high seas, the boy was ordered to stand on the stem of the vessel, and was compelled to stand there for two hours, while Brand and Rycroft threw at him stones and pellets and mud taken from the bed of the sea. The other members of the crew seemed to have been in terror that the boy would drop into the sea from sheer exhaustion and cold. Whilst the boy was lying on the deck, Brand threw buckets of cold water upon him, until he himself became exhausted. Then he struck the deceased with a stick, and reduced him to such a helpless state that he lay on the deck some time moaning and unable to move or speak.

On Christmas Eve similar acts of cruelty were perpetrated on the boy by Brand, who also tied a rope round his neck and threatened to hang him. He fastened the boy to the halyard, attached that to the winch, and ordered Blackburn to haul him up. Blackburn protested, but, Brand, who carried a revolver, threatened him, and he was obliged to comply. When Blackburn turned the winch, Brand seized Papper by the legs, and pulled until the crosstrees to which the halyard was attached broke, and the boy foil violently to the deck in a state of absolute insensibility. Brand then struck the lad on the back of the neck and jumped upon his chest.

On Christmas Day the men had for dinner ducks and plum pudding, while the deceased, who had been kept without sufficient food for several days, was not allowed to dine. When his dinner was taken up to him, and he held out his hand for it, Brand gave his food to the dog, and handed to the deceased a single currant on a fork, The dog having eaten the meat, Brand collected the bones and throw them to the boy, who began to stick them greedily, and afterwards asked for a biscuit, which was refused him.

On the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday the cruelty was continued. In the bitter frost the boy was kept at the stern three days, and had buckets of water thrown over him.

On the Thursday morning, the day upon which the lad succumbed to the ill-usage to which he had been subjected. Pappor went down into the hold, and whilst there Brand pitched a bucketful of water upon him, and then dragged him up by a rope. Brand struck him between the eyes, and whilst he was in a state of partial insensibility, Rycroft filled his mouth and daubed his face with filthy mutter taken from the bilge. The lad was then lashed to a rail and more water thrown upon him. Papper managed to conceal himself for some time, and when he was found Brand caused him to be lowered into the dill, a filthy place in the bottom of the vessel, where there was an accumulation of bilge water. Rycroft, acting under the orders of Brand, tied a rope under the lad's arms, and Brand got upon the boy shoulders, causing him to sink overhead into the dirty water. He was then hauled up and again dropped into the water. When Papper was ultimately upon the deck, being then in a dying condition Brand beat him with a heavy stick jumped upon him, and again ordered water to be thrown upon him. Brand ordered a piece of canvas to be brought so that the lad might be stitched up in it with the exception of his head, and, this having been done, Papper was lowered into the sea, after which he was hauled on deck, Brand remarking “He's done haul him out.” A few minutes after Papper expired, and Brand, wishing to conceal the fact of his death from Yates hid the body in the bunk, and while Yates was in bed throw the body into the sea, giving it out that the boy had been knocked overboard by the big foresail sheet.

The statement of counsel was fully confirmed by the evidence of the crew, and the jury had no hesitation in finding Brand guilty of murder. The Judge, in passing sentence of death, hold out no hope of mercy, and said that the crime was the most atrocious he had ever heard of, and that the evidence must have carried conviction to all who heard it.

Richard Rycroft, also charged in connection with the affair, pleaded guilty of common assault, and was sentenced to three months' hard labour.
As the prisoner Brand was being conveyed after sentence, to Armley Jail, near Leeds, he attempted to jump out of the cab, and had opened the door when he was seized by the governor and a warder, and held in the cab until arrival at the jail.