AUGUST 2 4TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An aeroplane on fire had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £2 12s. 6d..
To commemorate Tynemouth lifeboat station's centenary, in 1962, a stained glass window was dedicated in Christ Church, North Shields. It depicts the Original, 1789, Constance, on station in 1862,... - View image in PDF
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Exmouth, South Devon - At 10.7 p.m. on I2th June, 1966, it was reported that red flares had been sighted about two miles off Orcombe point. The lifeboat Michael Stevens left her moorings at 10.20 in a moderate to fresh south south easterly...
Cruiser foundered ON THE NIGHT of Saturday June 21, 1980, the motor cruiser Bay Monarch with four people on board ran aground on rocks and sank south of Swordale on the Eye Peninsula, Isle of Lewis.
The four survivors...
From St Albans and District comes news of the opening in July of Salisbury Hall by its owner, Walter Goldsmith, in aid of the RNLI.
In foreground (below) two of display of five lifeboat models made by John Gilbert, and a... - View image in PDF
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NOVEMBER 13TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
At 5.50 in the evening the coastguard reported a landing craft in need of help outside Wells harbour. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea ; it was raining and visibility...
Transmitter and receiver built into the after end-box.. - View image in PDF
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The total receipts last year were £386,836. That is the highest they have ever been. The British public in spite of the increasing burden • of taxation, in spite of all the public and private claims on its purse, has never before given...
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