WEXFORD.—At about 8th Feb. 1884, telegrams were received stating that a large fourmast ship was ashore on the Pollock Rocks n Fethard Bay. The wind was blowing a whole gale from the south and the sea was very heavy. Horses were procured as...
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IMPORTANT alterations having been made in the Life-Boat Regulations of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION since they were many years ago published in this Journal, we again insert them for the information of our...
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Gold Badge awardees (Continued from page 160) Mrs J. G. Sweeney Honorary secretary Donegal branch since 1963; awarded silver badge 1974. - Mr E. J. Sage Assistant branch honorary secretary Southend station branch from 1952 to 1966, secretary...
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ONE lesson which has emerged from the large deficit incurred last year is that the R.N.L.I. not only needs more money; it needs money from new sources. The work of the voluntary branches will always be the mainstay of the Institution's...
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FOR MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED YEARS the Corporation of Trinity House, with its headquarters on Tower Hill, London, has been concerned with the safety of shipping, the progress of navigation and the welfare of seamen. Despite its venerable age,...
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" / have given all those fifty badges out, and now am wanting many more as I have more new members to give them to, and also many of the old workers are very anxious to join. .. .
I am quite sure that the Guild is a...
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R.N.L.I.'s Management Review THE COMMITTEE of Management of the Institution decided last year to invite P.A. Management Consultants to make a detailed review and examination (THE LIFE-BOAT, January, 1971) of the organisation and...
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ABERYSTWYTH.—Just before dark on the 20th February, while it was blowing a hard gale from the N.W., the schooner Sarah Ellen, of Liverpool, bound from Plymouth to Belfast, was seen driving before the storm, with sails blown away, towards the...
" Britain's Life-boats : The Story of a Century of Heroic Service." By Major A. J. DAWSON, with an Introduction by H.R.H. the PBI.VCE OF WALES, K.Gr., President of the Royal National Life-boat Institution, and a Fore- word by...
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