SEAHAM.—On the 21st December the barque Excelsior, of Sunderland, was driven ashore in an E.N.E. gale in Bed Acres Bay, near Seaham. The Life-boat Sisters Carter of Harrogate was conveyed to the spot by land on her carriage, and launched...
HOLY ISLAND.—At 9.30 P.M. on the 13th October, signals of distress were seen on Goswick Sands. The Grace Den-ling Life-boat was launched, and found the Preston, a large screw steamer, of West Hartlepool, ashore there. At the master's...
At 10.15 P.M.
on 23rd November, during an easterly gale, a vessel was reported ashore at Waxham. The No. 1 Life-boat 5ith West Norfolk Regiment was transported on her carriage to the vicinity of the distressed vessel and...
Captain W. R. Graham, of Cemaes, who died last February, had been Honorary Secretary of the Cemaes Bay District since 1921. Before that he had been the Honorary Treasurer for many years. He was an enthusiastic worker, organizing several...
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24th February. A steamer sent out an SOS, but cancelled it after the life- boats had left. The chief inspector of life-boats and the district inspector of life-boats were on board the Teesmouth life-boat. The life-boat crews at Runswick,...
MR. HAROLD WATKINSON, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, has awarded the shield for the best wreck service of 1955 carried out by coast life-saving companies to be held by the companies of Gardenstowii and Banff jointly. The award...
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A team of bowler-hatted waiters provided some oldfashioned service from the bar at Henley-on-Thames branch Old Tyme Music Hall last October. On an evening when manv of the audience also came in costume to join in the fun, £600 was... - View image in PDF
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Newbiggin, Northumberland - At 3.27 p.m. on 2ist August, 1966, news was received that the sailing club rescue launch had broken an engine shaft while towing a dinghy out of difficulty near the Needle's Eye rocks. At 3.39 the life-boat...