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DECEMBER 17TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
Shortly after midnight on the 16th of December the Paignton police telephoned that a ship was ashore at Hollacombe Point, near the Torquay and Paignton Gas Works. A later message said that...
Orion and Motor Yacht Binge
FOUR RESCUED BY BREECHES BUOY Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 1.50 inthe afternoon of the 2nd of November, 1947, the Needles Naval Signal Station reported a motor launch, with the yacht Orion in tow, in need of help, and the motor life-boat...
Sena Sioria and Whisky Mac
Six survivors snatched from yacht in Force 9 gale and heavy seas A service to a 50ft yacht by St Peter Port's Arun class lifeboat Sir William Arnold in atrocious weather conditions resulted in media headlines throughout the country - and...
A Rowing Boat and Dinghy
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — At 11.15 on the morning of the 7th of September 1957, the police reported that a rowing boat with two girls and two young men on board was in diffi- culties in Colwyn Bay. The life-boat Tillie Morrison,...
The S.S. Cairnmona and Strathlossie
OCT. 30TH. - PETERHEAD, AND ABERDEEN.
At 11.15 P.M. a message was received at Peterhead from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking three miles east of Rattray Head, and that two vessels were standing...
A Steamer and A Trawler
— 6th August. A steamer and a trawler ran ashore but refloated ! without help. — Rewards, £5 11s. 6d..
Providence and the Molla II
Newhaven, Sussex. — At 7.5 On the evening of the 28th of August, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel, with another in tow, had broken down off Beachy Head lighthouse. Later reports said that the vessels were drifting. At 8.8 the life...
Robert and Henry of Dundalk
On the 13th December, 1859, the brigantine Robert and Henry, of Dun- dalk, ran ashore on the Horse Bank, at the entrance of the River Mersey; intelligence being conveyed to Lytham of the disaster, the Institution's life-boat at that...
Grace Darling and Her Home
Grace Darling and Her Islands.
By Constance Smedley (The Religious Tract Society. Is. 6d. net.) Miss SMEDLEY did a public service two years ago when she wrote Grace Darling and Her Times. It was the first full and accurate...
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The Barges Cabby and Colluna
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 6.12 A.M. on the 15th March, 1939, a message was received from the coastguard that two barges were in need of help to the east of the coastguard station. A moderate N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor...