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On 14th January a man from Dinmor Quarry saw an aeroplane apparently nose-dive either on to Puffin Island or into the sea, and reported it to the Coastguard, who notified the Life-boat Station.
This was at 3.30 P.M. The...
Annual Meetings: Station Branches.
BLACKPOOL (LANCASHIRE).—On 1st July, Councillor T. P. Fletcher, J.P., Deputy-Mayor, presiding. The report for the year ending 30th September, 1925, showed that £371 had been col-...
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AUGUST 20TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 3.27 P.M. the coastguard reported that a British aeroplane had crashed, and the Belgian motor life-boat Ministre Anseele, from the reserve fleet, on temporary duty at the station, was...
IB it worth while to work for others ? Is it worth something to save life ? As the day broke, one fearfully stormy morning, a large barque ran on a bank of sand, eight miles from the British coast, and lay there at the mercy of the tempest,...
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TOW FOR OYSTER SMACK AFTER BREAKDOWN Ramsgate, Kent. At 1.42 on the afternoon of the 14th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was firing flares off North Foreland. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis...
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Mr Humphrey Atkins, an ex-naval officer, takes the wheel of the 46ft 9in Watson Lady Scott (Civil Service No. 4) on a visit to Portrush lifeboat station last September. He was accompanied by Mrs Atkins... - View image in PDF
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By FAIRY PATTERSON, of Hall Street National School, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan.
How does the Life-boat Service Help the Cause of Peace between Nations ? EVERYTHING that serves to promote peace and goodwill, amongst the nations...
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AUGUST 23RD. - PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN At 11.35 A.M. information was received through the police that a British aeroplane was in the sea off Dalby. A moderate westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 12.10 P.M. the motor life-boat...
WEXFORD.—At about 6 o'clock on the morning of the 18th October, 1889, the Life-boat Ethel Eveleen was launched, intelligence having been received that a vessel was aground on the Dogger Bank.
A strong gale was blowing...
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