In the first Number of this Journal we showed the intimate connexion between fishermen and life-boats, and stated that in the fisheries of the United Kingdom there were employed on the 1st January, 1850, the large number of 36,000 boats,...
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Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—18th October, 1939. An aeroplane was re- ported to have fallen into the sea in flames, but nothing could be found.— Rewards, £15 7*. 6d..
JULY 14TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but it was found on the beach.- Rewards, £3 5s. 6d..
JANUARY 9TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £22 14s. 6d..
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Fishermen saved by inshore lifeboatWhen four anglers slipped into a rough sea near Newcastle Co Down it took the combined efforts of the station's D class inshore lifeboat and its Mersey class all-weather boat to snatch them to...
0 Young World Productions, London, have produced a punch-out model and painting book covering old and new life-boats of R.N.L.I.
interest. Copies are obtainable from Life-boat House, 42 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I,...
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ADMIRAL JOHN HALLIDAY CAVE, C.B., V.P.—The Institution has sustained a grievous loss through the death of Admiral Cave, who passed away at his residence, 17, Palace Gate, Kensington, on Sunday, the 31st March, in his 86th...
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Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 19th of November, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man was stranded on the bank of the river Tees near no. 5 light buoy. There were light south-westerly airs...