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Life-Saving on the Shannon continued from page 6
An earlier operation involving both launches was in I960 when an Alitalia DC-7C crashed seconds after take-oft" from Shannon Airport with 52 people aboard. It transpired that the aircraft failed to gain altitude after lifting off the...
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Gold Medal for Welsh Coxswain
Coxswain William Gammon, of the Mumbles, Glamorganshire, who won the bronze medal in 1941 for rescuing the crew of a ship wrecked among the coast defences, has now won the gold medal for rescuing the crew of 42 of a Canadian frigate...
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An Aeroplane (184)
DECEMBER 12TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane, which had caught fire, was reported to have come down in the sea, but naval rescue boats had already gone to its help. - Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..
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July
Launches 35 Lives rescued 8 JULY 8TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 7.46 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported that a four-engined bombing aeroplane, belonging to the R.A.F., had crashed in the sea about two and three-quarter miles east of the...
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Our Inland Branches. Dublin
During the past summer the coasts of England, Scotland and Wales, have been crowded with visitors from all parts of the United Kingdom, in a great measure owing to the pestilential condition of some parts of the Continent. We heard on all...
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
{Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED 4TH MARCH, 1824. - SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
PATRON.
Most gracious Majesty VICE...
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The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Right Reverend Professor James a Whyte (Left) Aboard the Arun Bp Forties During His Visit to Abe
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Right Reverend Professor James A. Whyte (left) aboard the Arun BP Forties during his visit to Aberdeen lifeboat station.. - View image in PDF
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An Aeroplane (1)
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—18th October, 1939. An aeroplane was re- ported to have fallen into the sea in flames, but nothing could be found.— Rewards, £15 7*. 6d..
An Aeroplane (104)
JULY 14TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but it was found on the beach.- Rewards, £3 5s. 6d..