JANUARY 6TH. - PORTRUSH, CO ANTRIM. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea thirteen miles N.N.E. of Ramore Head, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £11 6s. 6d.
OCTOBER 27TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK. A steamer had been reported on the horizon apparently sinking, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £29 0s. 6d..
"Ship" Ha'pennies for Life-boats A LARGE tin containing a thousand ha'pennies, all with the "ship" design on one side, has been given by Mr.
Henry Broom and his daughter Betty, of Bedford,...
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TEN SURVIVORS PICKED UP FROM RAFTS Longhope, and Stronsay, Orkneys. At 3.7 on the afternoon of the 4th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the Stronsay honorary secretary that the motor vessel Daisy of Peterhead had sunk and that her crew...
JAN. 2ND. - CLACTON-ON-SEA, ESSEX.
A flying-boat had been reported down and in distress. but later it was learned that she was safely at anchor, and the life-boat was recalled by wireless.-Rewards, £16 5s....
JULY 5TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET. A vessel had been reported on fire five miles off St. Albans Head, but nothing could be found. News was received later that the vessel had been towed into port. She had formed part of a convoy which had been...
SEPTEMBER 16TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. News had been received of a steamer sinking, and a later message said that she had sunk, but nothing was found, and a patrol vessel nearby was believed to have rescued the crew. -...
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Walmer.Kent.—On the 6th of August, 1954, two boys walked round the cliff from St. Margaret's to Kingsdown, but were trapped by the tide at Kingsdown. They both tried to swim round the cliff, but one of them got into difficulties. His...
MARGATE.—On the 24th November, during a strong gale increasing to a hurricane from E.N.E., with heavy squalls of rain and sleet, and a high sea, at about 9.30 p.n.,the Quiver Life-boat was launched in reply to signals of distress, and...