CORRESPONDENT vouches for the truth of the following dialogue, which he overheard between two ladies looking at a life-boat poster in a London suburb.
" I do not see why this district should be interested in...
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Above: An injured walker is stretchered down a cliff by the Coastguard cliff rescue to the waiting lifeboat.
This is just an exercise, but in 2001 RNLI lifeboats launched 446 times to people who had fallen from cliffs or... - View image in PDF
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St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—During the morning of the 15th of January, 1954.
fishing boats were at sea in rough weather, and one of them returned to the harbour and reported that con- ditions at sea were very bad. At 9.50 the...
Search and rescue A YACHT IN DISTRESS somewhere to the south west of South Stack Light was reported to the honorary secretary of Holyhead lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 0908 on Sunday September 4, 1977; her exact position was not known...
FISHING BOAT BROKEN DOWN Flamborough, Yorkshire.—-At one o'clock in the morning of the 9th of May, 1947, the Bridlington coastguard reported that a fishing boat was over- due and the motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albino, Whitley was...
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - ST. PETER PORT, GUERNSEY. At 9.30 in the morning a yacht was reported off the west coast in a dangerous position, but she was not showing any signal of distress. A south-west breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. A...
NOV. 26TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
A message had been received that a trawler had broken down, but no sign of it could be found. Later it was learned that she had repaired the damage and had gone on her way. - Rewards,...
AUGUST 12TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A vessel’s engine had broken down, but the owners had sent another vessel to her help and she towed her in. - Rewards, £8 3s. 6d..
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Caister, Norfolk. — At 8.35 in the morning of the 3rd of April, 1949, the Winterton coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat half a mile south-east of Winterton was flying a distress signal.
The life-boat Jose Neville was...