The Coastguard officer reported at 9.15 j A.M. on the 6th May that there was a ! vessel on the Long Bank signalling for immediate assistance. The assembly signal was fired and the Life-boat Tom ' and Jennie despatched. There...
Again, Oh the 31st October, the brigan- tine Noroal, of Seaham, while lying at anchor in Yarmouth Roads, sprang a leak, and the water gained on the vessel so fast that signals of distress were made, where- upon the Caister No. 1 Life-boat...
An aerial view of Ramsey Sound from the north. The Bitches can be seen as a thin line of rocks running eastwards into the sound off the island of Ramsey on the right.
Photograph by courtesy of West Air Photography.
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Members of the top form of Kensington High School visit Whits table ILB station.
The school had just raised £1,000 from its summer carnival, the proceeds being shared between Kensington branch and its station... - View image in PDF
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The Annual Report of the Institution for 1929 will be issued shortly after the Annual Meeting of the Governors on 11th April, and we publish the following article in the hope that many of those who have in the past considered the Annual...
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an act of common humanity at what would seem a trifling cost ? The reasons operating on the mind of the man who thus " passes by on the other side " are these: public journals accounts given by sailors j l - That the loss of...
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Cheques totalling £4,000 were presented to three charities at St. Martin's School, Walton, Surrey, in October. This sum was raised at the school fete in July—and was nearly double the amount raised at the late fete three years ago....
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The boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains, under the general superintendence of local honorary committees of...
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Flamborough lifeboat, the 35' 6" Liverpool Friendly Forester, was launched at 1605 on Wednesday, September 8, to go to the help of a cabin cruiser on fire off Flamborough Head. All five of the casualty's crew were taken off, two... - View image in PDF
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Raymond Cory, a member of the Committee of Management, on behalf of branches and guilds in the Welsh District, presented a Royal Worcester commemorative vase to Miss T. H. Ashe, retiring district organising secretary, and a commemorative... - View image in PDF
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