MARGATE, KENT.—At 6.45 A.M. on the 15th March, while a strong gale was blowing from N.W. and a rough sea was running, information was given by the Coastguard that a vessel was on the N.W. part of Margate Sand. The Life-boat Civil Service No....
FOURTEEN years since a movement com- menced of an altogether novel character in the life-boat work, and which is without precedent in this or in any other country.
At that period a benevolent lady presented the NATIONAL...
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THE RIGHT HON. H. T. L. CORRY, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, in the Chair.
1.—Moved by the Chairman :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITOTION for the...
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THE Institution has awarded an in- scribafl Aneroid Barometer to Mr.
Lionel Hunt, of Barry Dock, Glamor- ganshire, for his gallantry in rescu- ing two men from drowning. Mr.
Lionel Hunt is a Barry Channel...
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Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 1.45 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1951, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that the steam trawler Queen Alexandra, of Fleetwood, with a crew of twelve, had wirelessed that she was aground in the Sound of...
Visitors to this year's London Boat Show can take a tour of Severn class lifeboat Darnel L Gibson Photo: Gilbert Hampton. - View image in PDF
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Members of Golden Lane Youth Club, from London EC1, visited Hastings last August proudly to present a cheque to Coxswain Joe Martin for £247.50, the sum they had raised with a sponsored swim. The 10 to 16 year olds got together with the... - View image in PDF
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illustrated facsimile editions Yours for only 399 FAIRY TALES & FABLES INCLUDING: The Emperor's New Clothes The Ugly Duckling The Frog Primv • Rapunzel The Hare and the Tortoise The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Sleeping Beauty...
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Dutch coaster A DUTCH COASTER Diana V, in distress 101° 74 miles from Spurn Head, was reported to Superintendent Coxswain Brian Sevan of Humber lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1400 on December 30, 1978; her cargo of maize had...
NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBER- j LAND.—At about 5 P.M. on the 7th | January a message was received stating that the steamer Teesborough, of Mid- dlesbrough, was ashore about three- quarters of a mile outside the harbour.
As...
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