LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Category: Articles
Trial, of Poole
On the night of the 3rd May, or rather at 1 A.M. on the 4th, a very gallant service was rendered by the crew of the Caistor life-boat, in rescuing, under circumstances of much danger, the crew of the schooner Trial, of Poole, 7 in number. On...
In Brilliant Sunshine Nairn Ladies Guild
In brilliant sunshine Nairn ladies guild took part in the town's harbour festival in May, selling gifts, books, bric-a-brac, and raffle tickets. Three local boat operators generously donated a percentage of their takings to the guild,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some Ways of Raising Money
Since 1972, the Crystal Vaudeville Company, made up of local amateurs, has put on three successful seasons of Old Tyme Music Hall shows in Aberystwyth. All proceeds go to charity, and in 1974, for the second time, a donation was made to the...
Category: Donations
A Rowing Boat (1)
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 9.40 on the evening of the 7th of August, 1953, the coxswain received a message that three people had gone out fishing at six o'clock in a small rowing boat fitted with an outboard motor, and that they had not...
A Motor Boat
Fowey, Cornwall.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 7th of July, 1957, the Polruan coastguard telephoned that a small motor boat was drifting about a mile and a half south of Black Head in St. Austell Bay. Eight minutes later the life-boat...
A Fishing Boat
PAID EXPENSES At 4 p.m. on ist January, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that an unmanned fishing boat had broken away from her moorings and was drifting up the inner Tralee Bay. At the request of her owner, who promised to...
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Category: Advertisement
Life-Boat Saturday Fund
ALTHOUGH the early part of the past summer was not quite as favourable as could have been wished for demonstrations held on behalf of the Life-boat | Saturday Fund, for the success of which so much depends on tine but not too warm weather,...
Category: Articles
Bertolemeo Cerruti, of Genoa
On the 27th October, another severe 1 gale sprang up from the N.N.E., and the ! barque Bertolemeo Cerruti, of Genoa, which ! was riding at anchor, was observed to I drift rapidly on shore, the sea soon ; making a complete breach over her....