St Agnes pilot gig, the O and M, was summoned to investigate multiple cannon shots. Her crew discovered the mast of the sinking Schiller. The O and M rowed to pick up five survivors before returning to St Agnes for assistance. Steamers and ferries from as far away as Newlyn, Cornwall, assisted the rescue operation.
SS Schiller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
…we were never shown these films in our area. Now we can only suspect there was some ulterior motive, one of them being we were suspected of being Russians or some other idiotic idea…
