MARCH 3RD. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
An unknown steamer had been reported heading for rocks east of the harbour, but she seemed to get clear and then was lost in the darkness. - Rewards, £14 9s. 6d.
Barge aground THE STATION HONORARY SECRETARY Of Mablethorpe lifeboat station was informed by Humber Coastguard at 1030 on Tuesday October 12, 1982, that the barge Almeco had grounded overnight.
An attempt was to be made to...
It would have been easy to prolong our stay at St Donat's Castle and learn more of the work of the world famous United World College of the Atlantic and its multinational student population, but time and the seasons are moving on and, if...
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THE remarks contained in the following opportune communication from the Rev. J. Scarth, are deserving of every consideration, notwithstanding that they only repeat the oft-told tale in regard to the dreadful loss of life at...
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At 10.45 P.M. on 25th March a telephone message was received from the Coast- guard that flares had been seen five to six miles W. by S. of the pierhead. The Motor Life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was immediately launched. A strong S.
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NEWSPOINT Few can complain at the amount of exposure the Institution has received on television recently.
Hardly had the Salcombe- Dased documentary left our TV screens than BBC's 'Blue Peter' took up the...
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Maryport, Cumberland.—At 6.35 in the evening of the 12th of November, 1948, it was reported that the life-boat bowman had gone fishing to the north in a small boat and had not returned.
A strong, squally wind was blowing...
Miss GILLIAN ELLIOTT, of Palsgrave County Modern School, Scarborough, Yorkshire, won the first prize in the competition for the best essay on the Life-boat Service organised by the Institution. The competition was open to boys and girls up...
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, Co. BOWK. — Signals of distress were observed at 4 A.M. on the 23rd October in the direction of the Oeean Bock. The wind was blowing from SAW., the weather was thick and stormy, and the sea rough. The crew of the Life-boat Admiral Henry...
One of the earlier of the silk pictures made in the middle of the 19th century. The original belongs to Mr. E. H. Galletly, Hyde, Cheshire.. - View image in PDF
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