THE " First Report" of this Royal Commission shows clearly the necessity for its appointment, for it contains authoritative evidence of an alarming waste of both life and property in the greatest source of the country's wealth...
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LDVD ¦-a? Featuring the building and never-before-seen action of the RNLI's latest all weather and inshore lifeboats Tamar and Atlantic 85 incp&p £9.99 Please send this slip with a cheque payable to RNLI(Enterprises) Ltd....
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The Chairman of the Failsworth, Lancashire, Urban District Council, Mr. George Edge, has adopted the lifeboat service as his particular charity during his year of office and is trying to persuade a thousand organisations or individuals each...
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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.
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One of the four survivors of a steamer which was blown up on 15th November, 1939, and sank in a few minutes with her crew of thirteen. Nine were drowned. Four were picked up from the sea by another steamer, three of them badly injured, and... - View image in PDF
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AUG. 31ST. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A cry for help had been heard by three boys from the Lydstep Caves. The motor life-boat was launched, and a coastguard search party went by car along the top of the cliff, and got down it...
(Left) The future Yarmouth, Isle of Wight Arun lifeboat hull building at Halmatic, Havant. During a visit in April, (I. to r.) C. G. Dove, Chief Designer, Halmatic, showed the new boat to Major-General R. A. Pigot, president of the Isle of... - View image in PDF
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Clinging to the Devonshire coastal rock, Dartmouth is both a fi shing and naval port. Its waters also teem with leisure craft, jostling for the town’s 3,000-plus berths. More than 2M people fi nd themselves on the River Dart each year and...
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Patrick McLoughlin wp, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (centre) with the RNLI's director Lt Cdr Brian Miles (left) and chief of operations Commodore George Cooper (right) in the operations room during his visit to... - View image in PDF
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