LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Aith, Shetland—22nd February. Early in the morning the telephone service having failed, the volunteer-in-charge of the Board of Trade rocket lifesaving apparatus at Walls travelled ten miles to bring news from Lerwick that flares had been...

WHAT task on earth can man perform More noble or more brave, Than risk his days, and all he hath, Another's life to save ? Yet thanks to Him who rules above, Such men are to be found, 'Mong whom the sturdy Life-boat crews That watch...

MEN ON THE ROCKS Torbay, Devon. At 4.19 p.m. on i6th January, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men were in the sea off Durl Head. There was a strong east-north-easterly breeze with a rough sea. The tide was flooding....

"Tis a terrible night, and the seas run mountains high, The wind is howling fiercely, with a dark and sullen sky; Eyes are aching and blinded with the driving sleet and rain, And thoughts turn to those who are going out, who may never...

Margate, Kent.—3rd March. A small boat with two boys on board had been reported missing, but no trace of her could be found.—Rewards, £14 2s..

The late BENJAMIN BUCK GREENE, Esq., of Kensington Palace Gardens . 100 - - The late WILLIAM BICHABDSOST, Esq., of Sheffield 50 - - The late Mrs. H. GLABKE, of Ellhoughton, Yorkshire . . 19 19 - Voted the thanks of the...

ABERYSTWYTH.-—The Life-boat Lady Haberfield put off at about 8 A.M. on the 7th October to the aid of the Danish brig Julia, which was showing a signal of distress in the bay during a strong E.N.E.

wind. On reaching her it...

Walk Around Chanty BY CAPTAIN Q. C. A. CKAUFURD, R.N., Honorary Secretary of the Dungeness Life-boat Station.

" We were much relieved, when dawn broke, to see our boat beating home in the offing. As there had been no...