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On the 7th September  1838 a girl called Grace Darling was watching the sea from a light house when disaster  struck. The SS Forshfire was cruising on the sea but the engine wasn’t  working.

The sailors tried to control the boat with the sails but suddenly it crashed into the rocks and sank under the sea.

There were  only 19 survivors, 10 escaped  on the only life boat and the others clung to the rocks.

Grace Darling set off in a row boat  to save the survivors, the boat was small they had to make 2  trips to collect all of them.

News about how brave Grace Darling had been was heard all over the country.

Unfortunately Grace Darling died four years after the rescue aged 26.