LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFB-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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Adjustamatic
If you wish to wake up feeling refreshed and free from aches and pains then 1 recommend you try an Adjustamatic Bed!" o __, £Z 0 The Adjustamatic Bed enables you to position your body in the best way possible to ensure comfort...
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Safety - and why it matters
We’ve always been about keeping people safe, and that includes volunteers, staff, and supporters like you, says Chief Executive Paul Boissier:
‘For the last 191 years, the RNLI has been...
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Centenary of the Institution, 1924. Appeal to Honorary Secretaries
Appeal to Honorary Secretaries.
THE Secretary of the Institution pro- poses, if possible, to compile its history for publication in 1924, and he will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station...
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Gisele Aimee
Weymouth, Dorset.—At about 4.20 A.M. on the 4th August, 1938, Wyke coastguard reported that a yacht was in difficulties north of Weymouth Pier and was burning red flares. She was the auxiliary yacht Gisele Aimee, of St. Malo, bound, with a...
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The S.S. Ardangorm
JANUARY 4TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
At 3.10 A.M. a message was received that distress signals were being fired from a vessel off Chapel Point, near Mevagissey. A fresh E.S.E. wind was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The weather...
A Ship Annie E Hooper, of Baltimore U.S
On the 20th October the Lytham life-boat again rendered a very important service. The American ship Annie E. Hooper, of Balti- more, U.S., 1,140 tons burden, with a crew of 18 men, and a cargo of wheat, flour, and tobacco, stranded on the...
Book Review
" THE LIFE-BOAT AND ITS STORY." By Noel T. Methley. Sidgwick and Jack- son. 7s. 6d.
In our May issue we briefly noted the publication of this book, which reached us too late for review. As the Life- boat Journal...
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Notes of the Quarter
One of the most outstanding services in the history of the Life-boat Institution is described in this number of THE LIFE-BOAT. It was carried out by the Holyhead and Moelfre life-boats and led to the award of two gold medals. Coxswain...
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