A port quarter view of the Isles of Scilly-registered two-masted auxiliary fishing lugger SC41 with two steers tied to the port side while towing another boat.

A port quarter view, taken from another boat on the water, of the Isles of Scilly-registered two-masted auxiliary fishing lugger SC41 with two cattle tied to the port side by their horns. The lugger has a towing line leading to another boat not in the photograph. The sea state is rough. The cattle were being salvaged from the passenger/cargo liner Minnehaha (1900), which had grounded on Scilly Rock.

The Minnehaha ran aground on 18 April 1910 in fog on passage from New York to Tilbury. The 66 passengers, all First Class, and 171 crew were rescued and landed on Byrher, and about 200 of the 243 steers (castrated young bulls) were landed on Samson Island. The mixed cargo from Holds 2 and 3 were jettisoned, including crated new motor cars, grand pianos, machinery, sewing machines, carpets and other cargo going over the side to lighten the ship. Between 20 April and 11 May the ship was prepared for refloating (using compressed air to float it), and eventually came off the ledge. Minnehaha then proceeded under its own power to Crow Sound before continuing under escort to Falmouth.