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My son was 4 at the time. We were living at Staithes, in North Yorkshire, and he started trying to swim across the harbour.
I shouted, but he didn’t come back – he just kept swimming. I jumped in fully clothed, reached him...
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The S.S. Saintfield, of Belfast (1)
MAY 1ST. - FLAMBOROUGH, AND BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. In the early morning the S.S. Saintfield, of Belfast, bound from the Tyne to Poole, with coal, ran ashore in foggy weather about two miles north of Flamborough. The call for a life-boat was...
Ruth II
JANUARY 11TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. At 12.45 in the morning the police telephoned that a vessel was in distress off the Cable Hut, Ballyvester, Donaghadee.
The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 was launched at 1.15. A...
An Aeroplane (27)
MARCH 25TH - 26TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE, AND PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE. SOS flashes had been seen by the coastguard about six miles east of Cilan Head on the evening of March 25th, and at 9.45 the Pwllheli motor life-boat Ministre...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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Menelaos, of Piraeus
Less than twelve hours later the Selsey Life-boat was again called out.
During the afternoon the Crew had stood by, as there was a good deal of traffic in the Channel, and the second call came at 10.20 P.M., when news was...
Mill O' Buckie
At 1.30 A.M. on the 26th January the life-boat watchman reported a vessel ashore near the harbour. A whole N.W. by N. gale was blowing with a very heavy sea. The motor life-boat K.E.C.F., with Mr. Moncas, the branch secretary, on board, put...
Mizpah
At about 9 A.M. on the 14th February a vessel was seen riding with two anchors down, not far from a lee shore, about five miles W. of Margate. Her sprit and sails had been blown away and apparently the seas were washing completely over...
Argo
CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE.—The barque Argo, of Fredrikstad, was totally wrecked near Macharioch on the 27th February, but happily nine of her crew were saved. The crew of the Life-boat at Southend were assembled, but as it was very doubtful...
No. L26
At 5.15 A.M.
on the 16th July a message was re- ceived from the Coastguard stating that a steamer was ashore at Beachy Head. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing at the time, with a very heavy sea, and without delay the motor...