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TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. At 7.45 p.m. on i3th October, 1963, the gardai told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off Bray Head. As the information was not definite the honorary secretary rang various...
AUGUST 8TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. A Halifax bombing aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but no survivors were found by the life-boat. Five of the crew of eight, four dead and one alive, were picked up by motor launches. - Rewards, £14 4s. 6d....
Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 6.10 on the evening of the 13th of December, 1959, the honorary secretary received a message that a man and his young son had not returned to Paddy's Hole as expected from a fishing trip. At 6.48 the life-boat...
MAY 10TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON. A British aeroplane had been shot down, but the crew of two succeeded in reaching the shore unaided. - Rewards, £6 17s. 6d..
AUGUST 21ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
A German bomber had been shot down and had caught fire, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £5 9s. 6d..
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A British bomber aeroplane had been reported approaching land with her petrol nearly exhausted, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £13 9s. 6d..
NOVEMBER 2lST. - CLOVELLY, DEVON.
A British aeroplane was overdue and flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £35 7s..
Wick, Caithness-shire - At 3.22 a.m.
on igth August, 1966, the Danish trawler Robert Schou was reported aground at Proudfoot. There was a light south south westerly breeze with a slight sea. The lifeboat Thomas McCunn, on...
MARCH 4TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
A naval motor gunboat had been reported in need of help, and the life-boat made two searches in bad weather, with enemy aeroplanes about, but the gunboat got in...