CULLERCOATS.—On the 2nd December the Life-boat Palrnerston, stationed here, was the means of saving 1 man of the crew of a fishing coble which was upset in running for the shore. Three others unfortunately perished before the arrival of the...
A heavy gale •was blowing at E.S.B. on the 18th De- cember, when the Life-boat Foresters' Pride put out and saved 9 men from the brig Commander Soiling, of Grimstadt One man was saved by the rocket apparatus..
30th October.
A man was believed to have fallen over the cliffs at Birsay, and the Life-boat helped in the search but nothing was found.—Rewards, £11 5s. 6d..
Peterhead, Aberdeen.—2nd May. A telephone message was received from a man that he had heard on his wireless receiver a trawler calling Wick Radio to get into touch with the life-boat, as another trawler was ashore north of Buchan Ness. The...
Cloughey, Co. Down.—7th September, 1938. Signals were seen flying from the South Rock Light-vessel, but they were found to be for a tender to bring a sick man ashore. — Rewards, £10 2s. 6d..
On the afternoon of the 12th of July, 1959, a man marooned on a cliff was rescued by the North Sunderland, Northumberland, life-boat. For this service, a full account of which appears on page 324, Coxswain Thomas Daw- son, was awarded the...
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 2.44 on the morning of the 9th of Sep- tember, 1956, a message was received from the coastguard that the Brighton police had reported that a girl from a capsized sailing dinghy had been found coming ashore at...
Inshore rescue hovercraft The Hurley Flyer 'Recently, when a nine-year-old girl in a dinghy and a man were in trouble, the lifeboat picked them up and the hovercraft flew the casualties right across the beach up the slipway to the... - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 30TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
The coastguard had seen what appeared to be a rubber boat with a man in it, but it was found to be a Carley float.- Rewards, £29 6s..
MA R C H 2 2 N D . - B U C K I E , B A N F F - SHIRE. A motor fishing boat had capsized off Portknockie, but three of her crew were drowned and the remaining man was saved by a small boat from the shore. - Rewards, £9 16s. 6d..