On the 10th Aug. the tubular Life-boat Willie and Arthur, in a strong wind and heavy sea, saved 10 men from the ship Dunmail, of Liverpool, I which was wrecked on the Bar of the ' Mersey..
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SUNDERLAND.—The S.S. Broomhill, of Dundee, while endeavouring to enter Sunderland Harbour, during a strong wind from the N.E. with a heavy sea, on the 5th February, took the ground on the Bar, and was afterwards carried by the wind and sea...
THE centenary of the life-boat station at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, was cele- brated on 9th August, and a vellum, signed by H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G., President of the Institution, expressing the Institution's apprecia- tion...
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Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 1.14 on the afternoon of the 24th of November, 1955, the Orlock coastguard rang up to say that the skipper of the 360-ton coaster St. Enoch, of Glasgow, which had run ashore at Muck Island on the 21st, had asked if...
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—The schooner Isabella Stuart, of Ardrossan, bound from the Sound of Mull for Liverpool with larch trees, showed signals of distress, being in a dangerous position about a quarter of a mile E. of the North Pier during a...
Falmouth, Cornwall.—31st December.
What were thought to be signals of distress were seen in the bay, but they were a steamer's lights, occasionally obscured as she rolled in a rough sea.— Rewards, £10 6s....
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 6.10 in the evening of the 29th of November, 1949, the life-boat coxswain reported that the local fishing coble Rosemary was overdue. The life-boat Herbert Joy II was therefore launched at 6.20 in a smooth...
At 11.5 a.m. on I9th July, 1967, a call was received by the coxswain of the lifeboat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No.
35) from the fishing vessel Apt of Ilfracombe that her propeller was fouled by a trawl. The...
THE CREW Helmsman: Adrian 'AD'Trower (35, self-employed roofer, 8 years on crew) Crew Members: Duncan Stewart (41, caf£ manager in summer, groundworker and doorman in winter, 14 years on crew); Craig Akid (27, butcher, newly... - View image in PDF
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