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Morning Star, of Carnarvon
On the 27th February, information was received here that a vessel was in distress in the bay. The wind was blowing hard from the N.E. at the time, and the sea was very rough.
The Sisters' Memorial life-boat was imme-...
Bonnie Lad
A N.N.E.
gale sprang up suddenly early in the morning of the 9th May, while the fishing coble Bonnie Lad, of Scarborough, was at sea. The Life-boat Queensbury was, therefore, launched and proceeded to the Castle foot,...
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Life-boat Rescue from the Land.
THE Motor Life-boat at Wexford in Ireland has had the curious experience of rescuing a man from the land.
For many years the Wexford Lifeboat Station was situated at the end...
Fishing Boats (1)
Wick, Caithness-shire. — During the afternoon of the 25th January, 1939, two local fishing boats were caught at sea by a strong easterly breeze, with a rough sea. They were seen making for harbour and the motor life-boat City of Edinburgh...
Franziska
PALLING.—During a strong wind from the N.E. with a heavy sea and foggy weather, the No. 2 Life-boat, British Workman, put off at 6 P.M. on the 15th of April to the assistance of the barque Franziska, of Porsgrund, Norway, bound from that...
William Clowes
On the 6th March a fearful gale from the H.E. was experienced.
At 2 P.M. signals of distress were shown by the fishing-yawl William Clowes, of Mley, which was at anchor in the bay. As the tide was then close up to the...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BALLANTRAE, N.B.—On the application of the local residents, a Life-boat station has been established at Ballantrae, a small village on the coast of Ayrshire, where Shipwrecks occasionally take place—three having occurred there, with loss of...
Category: Articles
Roimbahn
Fire at sea 'Very competently handled,' was the verdict of Portpatrick's honorary secretary after his crew put out a blaze aboard the yacht Roimbahn.
with three men and two dogs aboard, on 24...
New Life-Boats Named
THREE new life-boats were named in July, 1958. H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, agreed to name two of them and her daughter, H.R.H. Princess Alexandra, named the third. The life-boats which were to be named by the...
Category: Inaugurations
Exeter Friendly Society
Exeter Friendly Society 'At last we've found affordable Private Medical Insurance for the over 50's.
Exeter Friendly Society offers healthcare insurance for the over 50's that is hard to...
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