Qualla: Eyemouth Disaster https://qualla.com/eyemouth-disaster en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/w/eyemouth-disaster-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Eyemouth Disaster https://qualla.com/eyemouth-disaster Eyemouth Disaster: Introduction https://qualla.com/eyemouth-disaster/ Photo credit Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0. The morning of October 14, 1881 dawned calm over the Scottish Borders. Barometric pressure had been falling for days, and meteorologists had predicted a storm, but the herring season was ending and debts were mounting. The fishing fleets of Eyemouth and its neighboring villages could not afford another day in harbour. By the time the boats cleared the coast, the worst storm in living memory was already bearing down on them. The people of Eyemouth still call what followed Black Friday.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/w/eyemouth-disaster-wp/gcyw-eyemouth-disaster-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Eyemouth Disaster: Economic Necessity, Mortal Cost https://qualla.com/eyemouth-disaster/ Photo credit Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0. Eyemouth in 1881 was a town built around the sea. Nearly every family depended on fishing for survival, and the autumn herring season was the year's most important harvest. The fishermen knew the signs -- the glass was low, the air too still -- but staying ashore meant unpaid deb...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/w/eyemouth-disaster-wp/gcyw-eyemouth-disaster-economic-necessity-mortal-cost.mp3 0:06 2 full Eyemouth Disaster: The Toll of Black Friday https://qualla.com/eyemouth-disaster/ Photo credit Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0. One hundred and eighty-nine fishermen died that day. Eyemouth alone lost 129 men -- virtually every active fisherman in the town. Burnmouth lost 24, Newhaven 15, Cove 11, Fisherrow 7, and Coldingham Shore 3. Some boats that survived the initial storm were wrecked on the Hurkar Ro...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/w/eyemouth-disaster-wp/gcyw-eyemouth-disaster-the-toll-of-black-friday.mp3 0:06 3 full Eyemouth Disaster: A Community Shattered https://qualla.com/eyemouth-disaster/ Photo credit Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0. The disaster did not simply kill men. It destroyed the economic and social fabric of an entire community. Eyemouth's fishing fleet was wrecked. Its workforce was gone. The women and children who remained faced destitution. A donation-led relief fund was established almost immedia...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/y/w/eyemouth-disaster-wp/gcyw-eyemouth-disaster-a-community-shattered.mp3 0:06 4 full Eyemouth Disaster: Memorials in Stone and Bronze https://qualla.com/eyemouth-disaster/ Photo credit Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0. Eyemouth today carries the disaster in its bones. A granite memorial in the town centre depicts a broken sailing mast -- a stark, simple image of truncated lives. At nearby St Abbs, a bronze sculpture shows women and children staring out to sea, waiting for boats that will never ...

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