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Margaret Armstrong: Life-Boat Heroine
THE small fishing-village of Cresswell, in Northumberland, lies about twenty miles north of the mouth of the Tyne.
It is not easy of access to visitors, for the nearest railway station on the main line, between Newcastle...
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An Anson Aeroplane
Torbay, Devon.—At 4.7 on the after- noon of the 19th of April, 1951, the Brixham coastguard telephoned that an Anson aeroplane had crashed into the sea and sunk about a mile off Orestone Rock. At 4.20 the life-boat George Shee left her...
Ebro (1)
MARCH 18TH. - FRASERBURGH, AND PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. Just before nine o’clock in the evening the coastguard at Kinnaird Head reported that a white rocket had been seen off Rattray Head, and at 9.20 the Fraserburgh motor life-boat John...
Robin and Mary
During a very light N.N.W. breeze, on the 10th February, the coble Robert and Mary, belonging to Whitby, came from Runs- wick to work her crab-pots at the back of Whitby rock. There was a heavy sea on the Bar and a very strong outset; the...
Eliza
PADSTOW, CORNWALL.—At about 1.30 p.m. on the 10th October, during a strong gale from the N.N.W. and a high sea, the Arab Life-boat put off to the assistance of a schooner which while running for the harbour, having sprung a leak, had struck...
A Balcar 105 Helicopter
Skegness: A Balcar 105 helicopter was seen to crash into the sea, five miles east south east of Skegness, on the afternoon of Tuesday July 24, 1984. At 1306 Skegness's 15ft 6in D class inflatable lifeboat launched from the beach manned...
Teazer & Birthday
At 5 A.M. on the 7th March the Coastguard reported that a vessel in the roads was making signals of distress. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat, Civil Service No. 1, were promptly assembled and the boat pro- ceeded to the vessel in question....
Belinda
The No. 2 Life-boat Leicester was launched at 3 A.M. on the 20th September to the assistance of the fishing dandy Belinda,, of Great Yarmouth, which had grounded about 600 yards from the North Pier Head in a moderate gale from the S.E. and a...
Picton Castle
Baltimore, Co. Cork.—About midnight on the 29th of November, 1954, the steam trawler Picton Castle, of Swan- sea, with a crew of ten, entered Balti- more harbour to shelter from a south- easterly gale. The gale veered to the north-north-west...
Sovereign
Broughty Ferry, Angus. — At about 9.55 A.M. on the 28th February, 1938, the Carnoustie coastguard telephoned that availing boat which had been anchored off Buddon Ness had drifted out of sight. An hour later they telephoned that Buddon Ness...