Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 1.20 on the afternoon of the 8th of May, 1960, the police told the honorary secretary that a man had fallen into the sea from the cliffs at Brean Down.
As the exact position was not...
MAN RESCUED FROM DRIFTING DINGHY Stronsay, Orkneys. At 10.10 on the morning of the 18th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man was adrift in a dinghy off Noup Head and was being blown out to sea. A near...
RADIO MESSAGE Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 1.35 a.m. on 2 ist December, 1963, the honorary secretary received a message via Valentia Radio that the motor vessel Wellpark, of Glasgow, had a crewman on board suffering from acute appendicitis. The...
On the evening of the 4th of October, 1960, the Dunmore East life-boat rescued the only man on board a barge. For this service, a full account of which appears on page 5, Cox- swain Patrick Power was awarded a second clasp to his bronze...
AUG. 19TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. It had been reported that a rowing boat was drifting out to sea with a man on board shouting for help, but the life-boat could find nothing.- Rewards, £11 15s..
JULY 1 6TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. A small fishing boat had had her sails blown away in a squall, but the only man aboard declined the life-boat’s help and was helped by a motor boat. - Rewards, £4 10s. 6d..
SEPTEMBER 23RD. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. A vessel which had been in collision needed a pilot and the life-boat put out with one, but a rope fouled her propeller and she had to return. - Rewards, £19 15s..
JANUARY 11TH. - PEEL, AND PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN. Amber-coloured rockets had been seen and the Peel life-boat went out. Later a red flare was seen in the direction of the life-boat and the Port Erin life-boat put out, but nothing was found.-...
— At 11.35 P.M. on the 9th June, during a strong westerly gale, it was reported to the Coxswain, W. Cross, that a man had swum ashore from a fishing-boat and stated that four men aboard were in danger. The crew of the steam Life-boat Queen...
Fowey, Cornwall. — 15th June. A man and a woman in a rowing boat had been reported overdue. Their boat capsized, but they had managed to get ashore and sheltered for the night in a cave.—Rewards, £8 155..