Courier in London, Middlesex

Pilot Maxwell Hero of a Steam Packet Rescue

A distressing case from the Pilot James Maxwell, famed for saving seventy to eighty lives when the Clyde steam packet Clydesdale caught fire in 1827. He stood at the helm as flames roared, saving passengers while his own body suffered severe burns and injury. Now destitute with a wife and six children, Maxwell’s plight prompts charitable help.