DOVER.—A new life-boat and transporting- carriage have been sent to Dover by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the former boat stationed there being considered to be too small, and not to have sufficient rowing power. The new boat is 32...
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WHEN it is remembered how large an amount of property, and "what numberless human lives have been sacrificed by the loss of vessels during the night, and more espe- cially on the outlying sandbanks and rocks around out own. coasts, it...
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APRIL MEETING SCOURIE, SUTHERLAND. On the afternoon of the 26th February, 1941, a motor boat, with a crew of four, went out line-fishing near Handa Island. On the following morning the boat had not returned, and enquiries were made, without...
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North Sunderland Mersey class Grace Darling Despite forecasts of heavy rain, the morning of Tuesday 24 September dawned bright.
However, there was also a Force 8/9 gale which caused the naming ceremony site at North...
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AN ADVENTURE AT ABOYNE TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF The Prince's Trust It's up to you—we will give you the tools, if you will do the job THE PRINCE'S TRUST, established in 1976 at the wish of the Prince of Wales, has thrown down a...
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FRIZZELL PERSONAL LOANS Tear here I Ab I *In About Yourself *In the case of joint house ownership please complete and sign the application jointly.
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Patroness—HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
President—, His GRACE THE DUKE OF...
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blLVhK MkUALb FOR GALLENTRY Coxswain Peter Bisson, St Peter Port - 29 August 1992 Coxswain Bisson and his crew braved force 9 winds and 15-20ft seas to snatch six yachtsmen to safety from the Sena Sioria. During the rescue the yacht's...
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Can you imagine what life might have been like 200 years ago for children in the 19th century (1800-1899)? II was a lime when everything depended on how rich Iheir parents were. The government did little to help the poor who were trying to...
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THE machinery of modern civilization is so complicated, and moves, withal, so smoothly and silently, that the majority of people never give a thought to its intricacies, or to the constant effort and strain which the smooth working...
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