MARCH 16TH - 17TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. Soon after eleven o’clock on the night of the 16th the Southend coastguard reported to the Campbeltown life-boat station that a ship was ashore...
Lord Ammon died on the 2nd of April, 1960, at the age of 86. Among the many important posts in public life which he held were those of Chairman of the London County Council and of the National Dock Labour Board. He was a deputy speaker in...
Category: Obituaries
Appledore, Devon.—At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 6th of December, 1954, the coxswain reported that the barges Julia Pile and Nellie Ann, of Barnstaple, which each had a crew of two, had got into difficulties off Crow Point while collecting...
At 5.50 p.m. on 25th June, 1969, it was learnt that the fishing vessel Kells Bay was drifting half a mile off shore at Bull head. The life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings in a strong south...
MAN AND BABY TAKEN OFF YACHT Poole, Dorset. At 9.10 on the evening of the 29th September, 1962, the police informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was missing inside the harbour with a man and a baby on board. The yacht had grounded at...
Keith Deller, former world darts champion, assisted the Harwich lifeboat crew at the Hanover public house in counting the contents of a bottle amounting to a remarkable £1,360. The money had been raised by the landlord, Basil MacNess,... - View image in PDF
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Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 12th of February, 1954, the Kilchomaii coastguard re- ported that the fishing boat Callum Cille, of Oban, which had a crew of three, had run on a reef off the north shore of Loch Tarbert...
INJURED MAN TAKEN OFF MOTOR VESSEL Penlee, Cornwall. At 10.30 on the night of the 4th March, 1962, the honorary secretary was informed that a doctor was needed to attend an injured member of the crew of the motor vessel River A/ton of...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 11.58 on the morning of the 4th October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties north of the harbour mouth. At 12.4 the life-boat Louise...
During a strong southerly gale and heavy sea on the 15th March, signals of distress were seen from a vessel near the Barber Sands, and the Life-boat John Burch was launched and proceeded in the direction of the signals. On reaching the...