LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Southwold Life-Boats, 1840-1916 (Continued from Page 167). By Ernest R. Cooper, Hon Secretary
ANOTHER distressing wreck occurred just to the north of the town, on Sunday morning, the 13th January, 1895, when, after a heavy S.E. by S.
gale all night with snow squalls, the brig James and Eleanor, of Shields, was seen...
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Dismissal of a Life-Boat Crew
IT will be remembered by our Readers that on I the 25th November last the crew of the East- bourne Life-boat performed a very meritorious service. We are alluding to the rescue, under exceptionally trying circumstances, of the crew...
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The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
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The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
(See Diagrams on next page.} The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat. Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
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Swimmers
AN immense work is being accomplished in these days in the way of prevention against loss of life, both by sea and by land; but we may still hope for extensive improvements as experience and science arm our great philanthropic societies with...
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Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 7th October, 1875 : THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of thelnstitutim, in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those 'of the Finance and Corre- spondence, and...
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The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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The Life-Boat House
The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and all belonging to them, are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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Castilian, of London
About midnight on the 4th December, during a strong wind from the S.W., and in a heavy sea, the ship Castilian, of London, bound from Quebec to Liverpool with timber, took the ground on the south side of Portmadoc...
Zipporah
RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.—At about 4 A.M.
on the 30th August, while the wind was blowing strongly from the N.E., accompanied by a heavy sea, the schooner Zipporah, of Scarborough, which had been on the beach on the previous day...