LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

IN the old church of Prestwich, Lanca- shire, Sir EDWARD TOOTALBROADHURST, Bt., D.L., J.P., Honorary Secretary of the Manchester and Salford Branch, was laid to rest on the 6th February last, and a crowded congregation testi- fied to the...

North Sunderland, and Holy Island, Northumberland.—The fishing fleets of North Sunderland and Beadnell put out at about 5 A.M. on the 4th December for the fishing grounds, fifteen to twenty miles off shore. The weather was threatening, and...

On the llth January the motor fishing boat Lee Bay, of Ilfracombe, was in a dan- gerous position under the cliffs in a gale, with a very heavy sea, and the motor life-boat rescued the crew of three.—Rewards, bronze medal, thanks of the...

GROOMSPORT, Co. DOWN.—The Lifeboat George Pooley was launched at 5.40 A.M. on the 21st February, while a gale was blowing from E.S.E., and proceeded to the assistance of the schooner Caledonia, which, while on a voyage from Ayr to Wexford,...

LAST November Matthew Clarkson, second coxswain of the Lytham life- boat, disappeared while shrimping in the Ribble estuary. The crew of the Lytham life-boat received £2 10s. each A* in rewards from the Institution for searching for...

Wick, Caithness-shire.—At about 1 P.M. on the 23rd December, 1938, avery heavy ground swell got up in Wick Bay and seas were frequently breaking across the harbour entrance.

The fishing fleet was at sea, and as the entrance...

THE British Empire Medal has been awarded to Coxswain Hugh Nelson, of Donaghadee, and ex-Coxswain William McConnell, of Portpatrick, in recogni- tion of the services they rendered in rescuing 33 survivors from the Princess Victoria on the...

JAMES WICKHAM, a former Rosslare Harbour coxswain, died on the 6th of December, 1953, at the age of 78.

Coxswain Wickham was a son of the late Coxswain Thomas Wickham of the Wexford life-boat. He himself succeeded his...