ON the morning of Monday, the 10th of December, 1956, the Thurso life- boat, Dunnet Head (Civil Service No.
31) and the life-boathouse were totally destroyed by fire. The fire was first noticed shortly after seven...
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17th De- cember. Flares reported E.S.E. of Inchkeith, but nothing was found.— Rewards, £16 16s. 6d..
MATERNITY CALL At n p.m. on I2th January, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a maternity patient on Inishmaan Island needed urgent medical attention.
There was a strong easterly breeze with a choppy sea...
At 3.15 p.m. on 20th January, 1965, the local nurse informed the honorary secretary that a young woman needed hospital treatment and as no other was available requested the use of the lifeboat.
At 3.45 the patient and nurse...
Clovelly, North Devon - At 6.48 p.m.
on 14th January, 1967, information was received, that a boy was stranded on a rock about 500 yards from the shore at Northcott Mouth, one mile north of Bude. The life-boat William...
JANUARY 17TH. - WALMER, KENT.
Flares had been reported, but they were found to come from burning waste on a steamer with which the crew were trying to thaw out a frozen windlass. - Rewards. £29 0s. 6d.
At 11.57 a-m- °n 2r>d September, 1966, information was received that the German ship Jane had the British yacht lolanthe in tow and was anxious to hand her over to the life-boat. The life-boat Edian Courtauld slipped her moorings at...
JULY 9TH. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. At 7.10 P.M. the Prawle Point Signal Station reported that a vessel was being bombed by enemy aeroplanes three or four miles away. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, but the sea was smooth. At 7.30...
Stronsay, Orkneys - At 7.55 p.m.
on 6th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor fishing boat was ashore on Lashy Skerry, Calf of Eday. The life-boat The John Gellatly Hyndman slipped her...