LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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JUNE 3RD. - TORBAY, DEVON. A small boy had fallen over the cliff, but was rescued by a rowing boat. - Rewards, £4 16s. 6d..
An Aeroplane’s Dinghy (1)
DECEMBER 18TH. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. An aeroplane’s dinghy had been reported some miles S.W. of the Bishop Rock, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £12 4s. 6d..
A Boat (6)
DECEMBER 31ST. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. A boat with twenty men on board had been reported adrift in the Dee Channel, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Rhyl. £20 15s. ; Hoylake, £31 3s. 6d..
Two Fishing Boats
MAY 22ND. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
Two fishing boats, one towing the other, had got into difficulties, but both made Lybster harbour without help. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (8)
FEBRUARY 19TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £26 11s. 6d.
Life-Boat Postage Stamps
THE General Post Office is issuing a set of postage stamps to mark the ninth international life-boat conference being held in Edinburgh in June 1963. The stamps will be in the denominations of 2|d., 4d. and Is. 6d. and will be on sale...
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An Aeroplane
12th January. It had been reported that an aeroplane had come down in the sea. A thorough search was made, but nothing was found.—Rewards, £15 7s. 6d..
A Motor Boat
15th March.
A motor boat making for the main- land was overtaken by severe weather, but made land unaided.—Rewards, £17 Is. 6d..
A Steamer (2)
Troon, Ayrshire.—28th April. A large steamer had stranded a mile north of Dunure, but got off just as the life-boat arrived, and did not want any help.— Rewards, £4 10s. 6d..
A Trawler
Stromness, Orkneys. — 6th January.
A trawler went ashore at Lynga Skerry, but refloated before the life-boat reached her.—Rewards, £14 18s. 6d..