Captain W. R. Graham, of Cemaes, who died last February, had been Honorary Secretary of the Cemaes Bay District since 1921. Before that he had been the Honorary Treasurer for many years. He was an enthusiastic worker, organizing several...
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AUGUST 3RD. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 10.2 A.M. the coastguard reported a trawler under the cliffs at Skirza Head sounding an S.O.S. There was thick fog and a gentle S.S.W. breeze was blowing with a slight sea. The motor...
JANUARY 25TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
In the early morning of the 22nd January,the S.S. Meriones, of Liverpool, stranded on the Haisborough Sands three-quarters of a mile east by north of the South Middle Haisborough Buoy. She...
Surf is a way of life on the North Cornwall coast - Blue Peter IV is seen (below) launching on exercise through seas very much smaller than those encountered in the Vellumwinning service From the survivor's point of view… The RNLI's... - View image in PDF
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MARCH 5TH. - FENIT, CO. KERRY. An aeroplane of unknown nationality had been reported down in the sea three miles south of Skelligs Rocks, but nothing was found except a rubber boat which was picked up by an Irish Lights vessel. - Rewards,...
MAY 1ST. - DUNGENESS, KENT. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only oil and wreckage could be found. - Rewards, £21 6s..
JULY 25TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, but only traces of oil could be found- Rewards, £9 1s..
DECEMBER 25TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A yacht had run aground, but her crew scrambled ashore without help. - Rewards, £12 16s..
MFV 'Southern Scott, stranded on Old Bath's Beach just to the north east of Peel Harbour, Isle of Man, in the early hours of March 29, was by morning being driven further aground by north west gale force winds and pounded by heavy... - View image in PDF
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THE Life-boat Saturday Fund season for 1900 is now drawing to a close, and it has been one of great anxiety, not only to the Central Committee of the Fund and their officials, but also to the numerous Local Committees and Auxiliaries through...
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