LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
June Kilgour
The barque Jane Kilgour, of London, went on the Cross Sands, off this coast, on the 22nd Feb- ruary, and the Caister beachmen proceeded to her in one of their yawls, and endea- voured, by cutting away the masts, to get her off the sands....
Eureka
EASTBOURNE.—The barge Eureka, Rochester, laden with linseed cake and oats, hoisted a signal of distress while riding at anchor in the offing in a strong 3. wind and thick weather, accompanied by a heavy sea, on the morning of the 8th July....
Bradford's Life-Boat Matinee
THE twenty-seventh Annual Life-boat Matinee, organized by Mr. Francis Laid- ler, took place on 10th November last.
The programme included some twenty " turns," among those who took part being the principal...
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The S.S. Benwick
SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.—In thick weather, a strong S.W. breeze and a rough sea on the 4th February, a large steamer—the s.s. Benwick, of Newcastle —stranded on the " Runnel Stone" and subsequently became a total wreck. It was soon...
Albion
The Life-boat Thomas Black was launched at 6.38 P.M. on 6th February, in response to a message, stating that a vessel was quickly drifting ashore on the east side of Langness with her sails all gone.
On receipt of the...
Charles Elisa
SHOREHAM,—On the 1st November a French schooner, the Charles Elisa, of Paimpol, bound from Bordeaux for Shoreham with empty casks, was driven by the force of wind and sea into the bay, and was compelled to drop her anchor to prevent being...
A Small Yacht
Falmouth, Cornwall.—1st June, 1938.
The Porthoustock coastguard had reported that a small yacht, with three men on board, had been blown out to sea from the Helford River. A strong W. by N. gale was blowing, with a very...
Coxswain Robert Cross: A Correction
IN the last issue of The Life-boat it was said that Coxswain Robert Cross of the life-boat station on the Humber, whose 'portrait appeared on the cover, had joined the crew in 1906, when the station was under the control of the Humber...
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Dusty Miller
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 1.53 P.M.
on the 23rd November, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel was showing signals of distress about two and a half miles E.S.E. of Skegness Pier. A whole S.W. gale was blowing, with...
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