Hi Matt,
Hope to be of some help here.
Lillian related over a decade ago that she remembered being dropped by her father into the arms of a sailor after passing through what she thought was a window.
I never asked her how far the drop was and the only other detail that she added was that she remembered looking up and seeing her father still at the window, with her brothers peering over the side beside him. A sad story indeed.
Sorry not to have been of more help.
Best regards,
Mike Findlay