A distant starboard side view, just forward of the broadside, of the passenger/cargo liner Paris (1889) aground upright just off the shore, taken from the high land above the unmetalled road near the beach at Polcries, Lowland Point, 1.5 miles south-west of Coverack. The ship has its engines in reverse, judging by the white wash at the stern, and is being towed backwards out by four tugs and the salvage vessel Ranger (1880) before being taken to Falmouth. A small number of people are watching from the field boundary on the right of the image.

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.