For which Rewards were given at the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Crail, Fifeshire.—The trawler Jane Rosst, of Aberdeen, struck the Harvey Rocfe off Crail, while bound in ballast...
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A plaque is presented to the head girl of Bvrehall High School by David Jones, RO(NW), as thanks for help given to the Wigan branch during lifeboat day. The senior pupils raised £120 in house-to-house collections.
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THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Thomas Allchorn of Eastbourne, who was appointed coxswain in 1951 after service as a member of the crew.
Since his appointment as coxswain Eastbourne life-boats have been launched on...
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THE CHANGING PATTERN of Casualties around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland has led to the replacement of many traditional lifeboats by the faster inshore lifeboats; they are more suited to the type of casualty involved. In the...
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BRANCASTER, NORFOLK.—At 3 P.M. on the 8th March, a vessel was seen striking on the Flats, and showing signals of distress.
The crew of the Lily Bird Lifeboat mustered, launched their boat as soon as possible, and proceeded...
BUTTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. — A message by telephone was received on the 21st May, 1898, stating that a steamer was aground about two hundred yards south of Huttoft. The Life-boat Sir John was launched at 12.45 p.m., and found the vessel was the...
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San day, Orkney Islands, and Smerwick, Co. Kerry.
ABOUT ten at night on 24th June, 1924, a small boat, with three men on board, was capsized in a sudden and heavy squall in Otterswick Bay, at Sanday, in the Orkney Islands....
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IN treating of Mr. Beeching's Life-boat (in the last article on this subject) which ; was sent to Ramsgate, and which proved ; so successful, omission was made of the ' fact that in 1853 she underwent con-J siderable alterations, in...
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(Below) There's many a slip on the way to the horse's head! Just one of the games, some old, some new, thought up by Happisburgh branch to test the skills of those attending its fete in May. At the end of the day £218.16 had... - View image in PDF
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PALLING, NORFOLK.—About 1 A.M.
on the 9th March the schooner Vixen of Fowey was wrecked on the beach about two and a half miles to the north of Palling. She was laden with burnt ore and was bound from London to the Tyne....
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