LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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DROGHEDA.—On the 11th May, at about 11.30 A.M., a vessel was reported to be in distress outside the Bar. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat, John Rutter Qhorley, were assembled, and the boat was launched as quickly as possible and proceeded out...
Fishing Vessels
On the 25th November a heavy gale of wind from E.S.E. sprang up in the morning, causing a very heavy sea. At about 10 o'clock eight Scotch fishingvessels, on their way from Yarmouth fishing-grounds to Scotland, were seen running for...
Fishing Boats (2)
AHBROATH.—Shortly before 1 P.M. on the 23rd January the People's Journal No. 2 Life-boat was launched, during a strong gale of wind from the S.S.E., accompanied by hail and rain, with a high sea on the bar, to the assistance of a number...
United States Life-Saving Service
THE United States Government have recently issued their report of their Life- Saving Service for the year ended the 30th June, 1888. From it we learn that at the close of the fiscal year in question there were 222 life-saving stations, 170...
Category: Articles
Fishing Cobles (1)
Shortly before 8 A.M., on the 2nd April, it was reported that the fishing fleet were at sea and some of them were coming for the har- bour. There was a strong W.N.W.
breeze, and the sea was growing on the Bar as the tide...
Six Men Lost from Rowing Boat
ALBERT COTTIER, assistant motor mechanic of the Ramsey (Isle of Man) life-boat station, lost his life, together with five other men when a rowing boat capsized on the 8th of March, 1956. An unsuccessful search by the Ramsey life-boat was...
Category: Obituaries
(Upper Left) Mrs Winifred Waring Honorary Secretary of Castleford Ladies' Guild and President of Castleford and Normanton International Soroptimist Club Together With Mis
(Upper left) Mrs Winifred Waring, honorary secretary of Castleford ladies' guild and president of Castleford and Normanton International Soroptimist Club, together with Miss Betty Moisly, Divisional Union President for Yorkshire... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Christmas Cards and Calendars
In the last number of THE LIFE-BOAT (pages 160-161) reference was made to the Institution's Christmas cards and calendars. A colour leaflet showing the full range is enclosed with this issue, together with an order form. It is hoped that...
Category: Advertisement
An American Liberator Aeroplane
DECEMBER 28TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
An American Liberator aeroplane had crashed in the darkness and caught fire, but she was right under the cliffs, and the life-boat could not get nearer than 300...
The Life-Boat Services of the World: Spain
By DON PEDRO DE NOVO Y COLSON, General Secretary of the Sociedad Espanola de Salvamento de Naufragos.
THE Society was founded in December, 1880 (under the patronage of H.M. Queen Dona Maria Cristina, its first protecting...
Category: Articles