Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - More storms and their effects . . .

; and a French brig, the 'Jeanne Marie', Captain Allėe, bound from St. Malo for Cardiff, with pitwood, and now lying moored to a tree in the garden of Sea Cot. - was it this tree I wonder? The Sea Cot is now the hotel adjacent to the Italian Gardens soon, I am informed, to be renovated and renamed the 'Pier Hotel'. 'One of Sea Cot’s most distinguished former owners was leading show-business figure Robert Redford. He lived at Sea Cot when he ran the  “Theatre Royal” in Wood St Cardiff  and commissioned theatre architects Runtz & Ford to design  Cardiff’s “New Theatre”  for which his wife Grace laid the foundation stone in 1906. The New Theatre was completed within just 10 months and Mr Redford ran it until his retirement in 1930.' - Penarth Daily News [092] 18th March 2015

Between the vessel and the end of our journey (Lavernock Point) were encountered the barque 'Myrella', of London, from Sharpness for Cardiff, the unlucky vessel which had collided with the 'Alexandre' ; 'Etta', of Liverpool (Capt. Williams), a full-rigged vessel ; the French barque 'Admiral Cecile', which was in a very dilapidated condition owing to a collision, and which will be of little further use ; the ' 'G. C. Michels', and other smaller vessels.

Reports are current of the sinking of a large vessel, the 'Creole', but we have been unable to ascertain the real facts of the case. There were no other casualties on Tuesday night worthy of mention, although the gale continued with much violence. As to the shipwrecked seamen, our readers will be interested to learn that they have not fared as badly s might have been anticipated. Our reporter found a number in the coach-house and stables of Mr Evans' house, and at one hotel in Penarth there were at least 14.