A NEW life-boat film called Gale Warnings, with a spoken commentary, is now in use, and the Institution's branches can ask for it at any time for showing in cinemas, at meetings, or privately.
The film is designed to...
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THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Alexander Nelson of Donaghadee. He has been a member of the Donaghadee life-boat crew since 1912. He was appointed bowman in 1929, second coxswain in 1949, and coxswain in 1954. During the period of a...
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BROADSTAIRS.—The Life-boat Frances Forbes Barton was launched at 3 P.M. on the 12th January in a very rough sea, the wind blowing a whole gale from W.S.W.
veering to N.N.W., with rain squalls, a signal of distress being...
THE national sponsored walk, 1971, raised £33,538 new money for the R.N.L.I. Among the completed walks this year was one by the Crayford branch held in the grounds of Bexleyheath School, where the sum of £590 was raised by children...
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EXMOUTH, DEVON.—A new Life-boat has been placed on this Station, in lieu of the old boat, and the gift by Mrs. JOSEPH SOMES of Annery House, North Devon, of 3,0001. to the Institution to defray the cost of a Life-boat and its permanent...
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Holy Island, Northumberland.—31st October, 1939. An observation balloon was seen floating in the sea, but it was picked up by a fishing coble.—Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
EMERGENCY CALL At 9.15 p.m. on the same day the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a young man was suffering from severe head injuries after an accident. No other boat was available and as it was imperative to take the patient to...
FEBRUARY 22ND. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
Morse signals thought to be an S.O.S. had been reported, but no vessel in need of help could be found. - Rewards, £11 10s..
MARCH 15TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND.
NORTHUMBERLAND. At 9.30 in the morning, the motor life-boat W.R.A. was launched in a strong east-south-easterly wind, with a moderate sea, to go to the Inner Farne Lighthouse where three...
APRIL 2 3RD. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A small boat had been reported by an aeroplane to be in distress, but it was found to be a false alarm. - Rewards £5 9s.