Three lighthouse keepers gone off Eilean Mòr, one oilskin left hanging

Flannan Isles, off the Outer Hebrides, Dec 1900. Three keepers: Ducat, Marshall, McArthur. A passing steamer notices the light's dead around the 15th but nobody can get out to the rock til the 26th cos of weather. Relief crew lands. No flag flying, no welcome, nobody. Inside: the clock stopped, the ……