Donaghadee, Co. Down.—12th April, 1939. A raft had got adrift with a boy aboard, but before help came he was drowned.—Rewards, £8 18s. 6d..
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Seven of the fishing cobles belonging to Newbiggin were overtaken by tem- pestuous weather on the 8th January.
There had been a strong swell all the morning, with the wind in the N.N.E., and some of the other boats put back...
Baltimore, Co. Cork.—2nd July. A large vessel was reported to have foundered after blowing her siren.
Visibility was poor and actually the vessel had disappeared into the fog.—• Rewards £5 12s..
Cromer, Norfolk. Shortly after noon on the 16th of April, 1960, weather conditions began to deteriorate and some anxiety was felt for two Shering- ham crab boats fishing off Cromer.
The Sheringham coxswain made en- quiries...
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MEN AND CHILDREN ON THE ROCKS Port Erin, Isle of Man.—At 10.35 on the night of the 29th of August, 1947, it was reported that a rowing boat, which had left at 6.30 with two men and two children on board, had not returned, and later a message...
On the 23rd August, the brigantine Frances Mary, of Drogheda, stranded on Drogheda Bar during a, heavy E. gale, accompanied by a rough sea. The John Rutter Ohorley Life-boat proceeded to her assistance, but only 1 of the crew then came...
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. A local fisherman’s boat had got adrift and as the weather was too bad for another fishing boat to go out, the life-boat was lent to the men to recover the boat. - No rewards..
On the 23rd February the Holy Island No. 1 Life-boat, the Grace Darling, assisted by a steam-tug, saved theFrench schooner Augustine Louise, \ which had grounded on the rocks near that place..