A distant port broadside view of the passenger/cargo ship Minnehaha (1900) aground off Scilly Rock. Salvage tugs and steamers are in attendance off her port side. The photographer was standing on the small island of Gweal, opposite Scilly Rock, and has used some of the rocks in the foreground, righthand side, to frame the image.

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.