Fowey, Cornwall.—At 7.33 on the morning of the 16th of March, 1956, the Polruan coastguard rang up to say that the motorship Eminent, of Am- sterdam, had wirelessed that she had broken down about one mile south- east of Fowey and...
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AFTER the very successful Life-boat Day held at Eastbourne on the 31st July, by which the sum of over £550 was raised, the following letter appeared in the Eastbourne papers from...
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At Senior Citizens wit in the bank should before it's too late If you have worked bard happening to you? Yes, there all your life and man- are several ways you could aged to put away a nest Protect yourself- your rights egg, you could...
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PORTHDINLLAEN.—At daybreak on the 30th Jan. the schooner Rebecca and Mary, of Carnarvon, was observed riding at anchor in a dangerous position off the Lifeboat Station, with a signal of distress flying. It was blowing a hard gale from N.N.W....
Appledore, Devon.—At 11.5 in the morning, on the 17th of January, 1951, a motor barge was seen burning flares off Crow Point. At 11.15 the life-boatViolet Armstrong was launched in a very rough sea with a north-westerly- gale blowing. She...
WEXFORD.—On the 12th February, at about 5.30 P.M., the fishing schooner Kate, of Wexford, was seen to be running for the harbour. The wind was blowing moderately from the S.W., but the sea was rolling furiously in consequence of a strong...
Marooned on dolphin THE DLA of Morecambe lifeboat station was informed by Liverpool Coastguard at 1625 on Sunday October 17, 1982, that a board sailor was in difficulties in Half Moon Bay, near Heysham. Maroons were fired at 1628 and at 1635...
WHEN the maritime character of this country is considered, and the liability of a large portion of its population to be at one time or another exposed to the " dangers of the seas," surprise maybe well excited at the facts—that but...
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Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 8.30 on the morning of the 26th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was asked by the local medical officer if the life-boat would take the county surgeon and his assistants from Cahirciveen to Valentia Island as...
The Grimsby trawler Lord Ernle, wrecked on 2nd March, 1937. (See opposite page.). - View image in PDF
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