LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

SUTTON, LINCOLNSHIBE.—On the morning of the 16th December the barque Beecher Stowe, laden with deals, was driven ashore off Mablethorpe. The Sutton Lifeboat, the Caroline, was then drawn to the spot, 3 miles, by land, and launched to the aid...

On the 16th November, this Life-boat was also launched during a very heavy gale of wind, and again brought ashore the crew of 5 men from .the schooner Barrogill Castle, and 4 men from the schooner Guiding Star, of Wick, these men having...

NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. — At about 7 o'clock on the morning of the 3rd February, the fishing-boats went out and shot their lines. At 10.30 a strong gale from the N. sprung up, rendering it difficult for the boats to haul in their...

The four- masted barque Optima, of Hamburg, stranded on the Haisborough Sands on the morning of the 19th January, and the guns fired by the Light-vessels brought several Life-boats and tugs in the vicinity to her assistance. The vessel was 2...

.— During the gale on the 18th February three schooners lying at anchor in Scrabster Roads made signals of distress, and the Life-boat Co-operator No. 3 put off to them and landed their crews, fifteen in number. The sea was rough, but all...

fishing coble May Blossom, of Whitby, had a trying1 experience when making for Whitby on the 24th March. The coble had been out to the crab pots, and when returning a heavy easterly sea was breaking across the entrance of the harbour. The...

WHITBY.—On the 21st February, at about 5.30 P.M., while a gale was blowing from N.W.,with a rough sea, thick weather and snow, four fishing-cobles which had put into the bay on the previous evening were returning to the harbour. It was seen...

AT the beginning of June a launch of the motor life-boat at Broughty Ferry, Dundee, was successfully broadcast.

The broadcaster first discussed the work of the station with Mr. Hunter, the honorary secretary, and described...