WE regret to report the death of Mr. ROBERT BIRKBECK, which took place on the 19th November, 1920, at the age of eighty-three after a loug illness.
Mr. Birkbeck had been a Member of the Committee of Management since ability...
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The Staithes fishing fleet put out at 5 a.M. on the 20th December in moderate weather.
Later the wind got .up, and by 10.30 A.M. a moderate and increasing N.N.W.
gale was blowing, with a heavy...
SAFE RETURN Rhyl, Flintshire. About 5 p.m. on 22nd April, 1964, red flares were seen by a man on the beach who immediately told members of the life-boat crew working in the harbour. There was a gentle south-westerly breeze with a slight...
GIRLS RESCUED Ilfracombe, Devon. At 7.55 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the police reported that two girls, missing from Lee Bay, were believed to be trying to walk to Ilfracombe around the rocks. A helicopter was airborne and at 8.10 the...
It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths.
May 1979 Robert Johnson, motor mechanic of Longhope lifeboat from 1929 to 1965.
Bob Johnson first went out in the lifeboat in 1916 and served...
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Man overboard The dangers of the sea were tragically demonstrated on 18 March 2006 when David Clear was washed off his yacht, Past Times, off St Aldhelm's Head near Swanage, Dorset. His inexperienced crew member made a Mayday call but...
MARCH 1 3TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
Shortly after 1 A.M. the Kettleness coastguard reported distress signals from a vessel ashore on Kalder Steel. A moderate northerly breeze was blowing, with a slight sea and heavy rain....
(Below) The naming ceremony cake baked by Sunblest Bakeries (Aberdeen); its top was preserved and presented to Mrs Betty Bird, wife of Coxswain Albert Bird.. - View image in PDF
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