A RETIRED DOCTOR, Dr. Harrison Broadbent, of Middleton-by-Freshwater, Isle of Wight, who received a letter of appreciation from the Institution for the part he played in the gallant IRB rescue attempt at Scratchell's Bay on loth April,...
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Howth, Co. Dublin. At 5.48 on the evening of the 12th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a boy had fallen over a cliff at Bal- scadden Bay. At six o'clock, when the life-boat Mary Stanford, on temporary duty at...
(From Country Life.) THERE was a sound of men's voices singing, calls and cries, laughter and the ringing of a bell; everyone went to the windows. Through the new green leaves one could see in the road a little group of men and girls...
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THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW is now over and once again the results are very encouraging: 1,011 new members were enrolled. Such a good result could not have been achieved, however, without the help and dedication of our voluntary...
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FROM the Annual Report of the United States Life-saving Service lately issued, we observe that on the 30th of June, 1885, there were 203 stations, 157 being on the Atlantic, 38 on the Lakes, 7 on the Pacific, and 1 at the Falls of the Ohio,...
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Trawler listing THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Plymouth lifeboat station was advised by HM Coastguard at 1030 on Wednesday February 15 that the fishing vessel Elly Gerda, ten miles south west of Rame Head, had taken water indeteriorating...
At about 9.40 A.M. on llth February, during a S. by W. gale with a heavy sea, a barque was observed about three miles S.S.E. of Newlyn pierhead, running dead before the wind and right in on the land. As it was obvious that unless the master...
Launch By Horses at Padstow Fifty Years Ago. - View image in PDF
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Trent saves five in gale force winds and very heavy seas When a northerly gale is blowing against a spring tide conditions in the English Channel near the island of Alderney can be very unpleasant indeed. It was in just these conditions that...
An off-duty RNLI lifeguard was in the right place at the right time when two surfers were trapped in a perilous position on St Ouen’s Beach, Jersey
Ed Stevens was leaving the car park at St...
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