BUCKIE.—At 9 A.M. on the 7th Aug. last a pilot-boat put off to bring the schooner Sen Aigen, coal laden from Sunderland, into the harbour during a strong gale from the N.W. and a rough sea. The pilot boarded the vessel and the boat proceeded...
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NORTH DEAL.—Signal rockets and guns having been fired by the Gull Light-vessel on the 4th January, the Life-boat Mary Somerville was launched at about 6.15 P.M., and proceeded towards the Goodwin Sands. The wind was blowing moderately from...
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Spain: the rescue fleet of the Cruz Roja del Mar includes more than 320 inshore lifeboats.. - View image in PDF
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A bridge too far!Bridge! Photo Blackpool Evening Gazette Four thousand walkers crossed the River Wyre in Lancashire via the new Shard Bridge - and managed to raise £4,000 for the RNLI! The idea for the sponsored walk, before the...
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On the 1st December, at about 7A.M., it was reported that a large ship was on shore on the Goodwin Sands. The crew of the Van Kook Life-boat immediately assembled, and the boat put off, and being taken in tow by the s.s. Royal Welsh, of...
FOR a number of years there has been in Plymouth very close and useful co-operation between the Life-boat Station and the local Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, the Brigade turning out whenever the Life- boat receives a call, and...
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(Bram Stoker created the infamous character of Count Dracula and wrote the well-known novel while in Whitby.) (Photo Whitby Gazette). - View image in PDF
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FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.
THE beautiful obverse of this medal, executed by the late L. C. WYOIT, Esq., represents the bust of QUEEN VICTORIA, Her Majesty's locks gracefully waving and gathered in a...
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THE great necessity of constantly using the lead or sounding has been recognised from the earliest period in the history of navigation.
In the present day, when so many thousand vessels are engaged in carrying on the...
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The Minister for Transport and Power in the Irish Republic, Mr. Brian Lenihan, has decided to make a payment to the Institution of an annual grant of £10,000 towards the cost of operating the life-boat services in the Irish Republic. In...
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