Relatives and friends watching the arrival from Scrabster of the Kirkwall lifeboat bringing home to Hoy the seven coffins. …. - View image in PDF
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BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. — On the 23rd September, at about 1 A.M., a southerly gale suddenly sprang up, increasing in violence until about 3 o'clock, when it became very severe. A large fleet of fishing-boats which had gone out during the...
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TH« people of a maritime nation like Great Britain should be especially in- terested in any statistics relating to ships and sailors, and such matters are it may be assumed of particular importance to the friends and supporters of the...
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Surfing is often a way of life for those brought up by the sea. It’s also become a tool for lifesaving. Claire Vandvik finds out about the joys and the dangers of the waves
Surfers were once dismissed as beach bums but now...
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Clinging to the Devonshire coastal rock, Dartmouth is both a fi shing and naval port. Its waters also teem with leisure craft, jostling for the town’s 3,000-plus berths. More than 2M people fi nd themselves on the River Dart each year and...
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WHITBY.—A telegram was received at about 10.30 A.M. on the 19th January stating that a ship had sunk about sixmiles southward of this port, and that the crew had been compelled to take to their boat and come to an anchor. A message was sent...