"On Thursday, the 10th September, 1874, at 9.30 p.m., in the gateway
between the outer and inner harbour at Lowestoft, Suffolk, James Dorling
fell overboard from the yacht _Dart_ whilst she was making for the inner
harbour in a strong half-flood tideway, the night very dark, blowing and
raining hard, and going about five and a half knots. Lieutenant (now
Captain) J. de Hoghton, 10th Foot, jumped overboard, swam to Dorling,
and supported him in the water for about a quarter of an hour in the
tideway, between narrow high pilework, without crossbeams or side chains
to lay hold of, and the head of the pilework 12ft. or 15ft. above the
water--the yacht being carried away into the inner harbour, and no other
vessel or boat in the gateway to lend assistance; the darkness prevented
any immediate help being obtained from the shore. The length of the
gateway was about 350 yards, width 15 to 20 yards, depth 10 ft. to 15
ft. Lieutenant de Hoghton and Dorling were ultimately drawn up the
pilework by ropes from the shore."
[Illustration: SUB-LIEUT. R. A. F. MONTGOMERIE R.A.
_From a Photo. by W. and D. Downey._]