LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Galway Bay. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of December, 1958, the local doctor asked the acting honorary secretary if the life-boat would take an expectant mother from Inish- maine Island to the mainland. There was an...
Several Fishing Vessels
On the 6th December after dark, several of the fishing vessels of the port being known to be off it, and expected to take the bar of the river under somewhat trying circumstances, the Life- boat China was held in readiness. It was blowing a...
Countess of Zetland
GREAT YARMOUTH.—Intelligence was received on the morning of the 27th December that the brig Countess of Zetland, of Wells, was ashore on the beach. A strong S. by E. wind was blowing, and a heavy sea running at the time. The Abraham Thomas...
Fria
On the afternoon of the 25th March the schooner Fria, of Thisted, was observed at anchor in a disabled condition two miles from Drogheda Bar. A strong easterly gale was blowing, and the Lifeboat's crew found it impossible to force the...
Victoria
SUNDERLAND.—On the 14th April, at about 5.30 P.M., during stormy weather and a heavy sea, with the wind on shore, 9 lives were saved by the Life-boat John,Foulston, from the barque Victoria, of Sunderland, which vessel, while on a voyage to...
J. C. Howitz, of Rostock
The life-boat at this place, named the Caroline, was off on the same day to the brig /. C. Howitz, of Rostock, which was overtaken by the gale and driven on the rocks about half a mile from the shore. There was a very heavy sea running at...
From Ascension Island
THE following letter comes from the manager of the station of the Eastern Telegraph Company, on that remote spot in the South Atlantic, Ascension Island : " As a result of the receipt of your booklet, The Story of the Life-boat, I had...
Category: Correspondence
Longest Winter Service
THE Sugar Manufacturers' Association (of Jamaica), Ltd., has once again awarded a case of rum to the life-boat crew which carried out the longest service during the winter months of 1955-56. The award has gone to the crew of the Arklow...
Category: Awards
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At 3.30 p.m. on igth March, 1965, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a child on Inishere island with appendicitis would have to be taken to hospital on the mainland. The sea was too rough for any local boat to make the...
Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
THE following is a copy of a Circular which has been addressed by the Royal National Life-boat Institution to the local Committees of its several Life-boat Branches on the coasts of the United Kingdom. The Circular explains at length the...
Category: Articles