LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Coxswain James Bumble of Sheringham, who also held the bronze medal for gallantry, died on the 5th of June, 1958. The service for which he was awarded his medal was carried out during the last war. The Canadian steamer Eaglescliffe Hall had...

Dover, Kent. At 2.55 on the after- noon of the 18th of July, 1959, a fishing boat was seen in difficulties near the wreck buoy south of the eastern en- trance to Dover harbour. The life-boat Southern Africa left her moorings five minutes...

Wbitby, Yorkshire. At 11.30 on the morning of the 9th of March, 1960, the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth, after completing an engine trial, went to meet four local fishing vessels, which were returning to harbour in a strong east-south-easterly...

THE Sugar Manufacturers' Association (of Jamaica), Ltd., has once again awarded a case of rum to the life-boat crew which carried out the longest service during the winter months of 1955-56. The award has gone to the crew of the Arklow...

Two selections of stories for the young which have recently been published contain accounts of the exploits of the great Cromer coxswain, Henry Blogg.

All in the Day's Work (Hamish Hamil- ton 6/6) opens with an extract...

ENGINE DIFFICULTIES At 5 p.m. on 30th August, 1964, the watchman on the east pier told the coxswain that a motor launch had broken down in the smooth seas just off the Quern buoy. At 5.10 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out into a...

HELP FOR WOMAN Stronsay, Orkneys. At n a.m. on ist December, 1964, a local doctor telephoned the honorary secretary to say that an expectant mother on the island of Eday needed immediate medical attention. It was 2\ hours past low water with...

At 2.55 p.m. on 26th January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an unknown vessel was seen apparently broken down off Bognor Regis. The life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched at 3.25 in a moderate north-easterly...