BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—On the 2nd of September a strong gale and heavy sea having sprung up, two large herring-boats, in attempting to get into Berwick Harbour, got to leeward of it, and went on shore. A steam-tug proceeded to their assistance,...
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THE Institution's Storeyard is at Poplar, in a district of London where there is a great deal of poverty, and at Christmas last year it gave a Tea and Entertainment to over 150 children.
It was entirely arranged and...
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Disaster survivor names new lifeboatA ceremony in New Quay, Wales on 7 May 2004 was steeped in history. On the 89th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania by a German U-boat torpedo, it was a survivor of that tragedy who named a new...
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The day bells sang out for Blogg's boys Philip Thouless looks back 65 years to when he witnessed one of the finest hours of Cromer lif eboatmen — led by the renowned Coxswain Henry Blogg.
At 0400 on 13 December 1933,...
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By George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution.
I HAVE received a copy of a pamphlet giving a brief historical survey of the work of our sister society in France, from the pen of Commandant Granjon de Lepiney,...
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Crew braves WWII defences to rescue grounded yacht
JUST before 10 o'clock on the night of the 18th January last, the Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Coxswain received a telephone message from the Coast- guard that a vessel was ashore on St-otstown Head, three-and-a-quarter miles north of...
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On May 10 HRH The Duke of Kent, president of the Institution, visited lifeboat stations in Orkney. At Kirkwall he presented to Captain William Sinclair, coxswain of the lifeboat, the bronze medal awarded to him for the service on January 22... - View image in PDF
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JUNE 24RD. - ILFRACOMBE, AND LYNMOUTH, DEVON. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Ilfracombe, £18 5s. ; Lynmouth, £32 19s..
JULY 7TH. - WESTON-SUPER-MARE, SOMERSET. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but the pilot reached the shore unaided.
- Rewards, £8 4s..