A starboard bow view from the beach at Polcries, Lowland Point, 1.5 miles south-west of Coverack of the passenger/cargo liner Paris (1889) aground upright just off the shore. The tide is out, as the ship is high out of the water. The salvage vessels Ranger (1880) and Ajax and the tug 'Lizard' are secured out board of each other on the starboard quarter. A group of small rowing boats are secured off the starboard bow. Water is being pumped out of the ship. The rocks of the beach dominate the foreground of the photograph.

The Paris left Southampton on 20 May 1899 with 380 passengers and 372 crew and collected a further 50 passengers from Cherbourg, then making passage to New York. The ship diverted to Eddystone and Lizard Lighthouses to get a navigational fix. However, in light misty rain the ship was about 15 miles off course and ran onto Lowland Point on Sunday 21 May. The passengers and crew were taken off the next morning by tug. The ship was eventually refloated and repaired.