the morn- ing of the 14th September a young visitor to Saundersfoot put out in a canoe. A strong W.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. About half a mile off shore the canoe capsized, and was blown another mile out to sea with the boy...
APRIL 19TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. At 11.15 at night the civic guard telephoned that flares for help had been seen. A light south-east wind was blowing. The sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Agnes Cross, on temporary duty at the...
DURING the present summer the Honorary Secretary of the Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton Branch, Captain Shrubb, has made a substantial sum for the funds of the Branch by the sale of flowers. Each day he and his family have sent flowers from...
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The recipient is Coxswain SAMUEL CUNNINGHAM, of Portrush (see page 52). - View image in PDF
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HRH The Duchess of Kent meets children from the Docklands Sailing Centre. (Photo Tower Hamlets). - View image in PDF
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MARCH Launches 63. Lives rescued 75.
MARCH 3RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
At about 5 P.M. an army officer and two non-commissioned officers launched an old boat, intending to punt in shallow water. They...
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OCTOBER 19TH.. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
About one o’clock in the afternoon, the coastguard reported that the local fishing boat Lady Betty, with only one man on board, had broken down and was drifting out to sea towards the...
The Institution has received a cheque for £55.18.6. from the Canadian ReU Cross Society, which has decided to make a monthly subscription of this amount "in recognition of the great war work done by the Institution from which we...
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Margate, Kent - At 9.10 a.m. on 9th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a yacht was aground on Margate Sands. The IRB was launched at 9.20 in a light south westerly breeze and a smooth sea. It was low water. When...