On the 19th October, the^same life-boat put off', during stormy. weather, to the rescue of the crew of a vessel which was observed to be stranded on the Long Bank.
On arriving alongside, they found that the only...
Beaumaris, Anglesey. On the morn- ing of the 29th of January, 1958, the coxswain saw a rowing boat with three men on board in difficulties. They had gone out to the sandbanks off the mouth of the River Ogwen to collect mussels. With the...
ST. IVES, CORNWALL. — On the 29th March, during a storm and tremendous sea, accompanied by blinding showers of hail and snow, the ketch Greyhound, of Porthcawl, was observed running for the harbour. The. Life-boat Covent Garden was launched...
24th September. A balloon from Ger- many drifting towards land very low appeared likely to fall in the sea, but came down on Spittal beach.—Re- wards, £4 16s. 6d..
6th December. A trawler grounded near Valentia, about fifty miles away, but her crew got ashore unaided. The life-boat was out for twenty-eight hours.—Rewards, £26 17s. 6d..
Skegness, Lincolnshire. —• llth June.
An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £6 11s. 6d..
JULY 27TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. A yacht was on fire. but the people on board were rescued by a fishing boat. - Rewards, £10 15s. 6d..
JULY 15TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £4 0s. 6d..
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An R.A.F. aeroplane had crashedinto the sea, but only wreckage was found.- Rewards, £4 10s. 6d..
NOVEMBER 8TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
The trawler St. Jan Berchmans, of Ostend, had stranded, but refloated without help. - Rewards, £5 12s. 6d..