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Ageroen
CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.—A flare was observed by a fisherman at about 4.30 A.M. on the llth January, apparently caused by burning tar-barrels on board a vessel on the rocks at Nabb Point. The weather at the time was foggy, the windwas...
Isabel May
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 9.15 on the evening of the 4th of January, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had broken down with engine trouble twelve miles north-west of Point Lynas.
At 9.30...
Sir Arthur Reed
Sir Arthur Reed, who was Member of Parliament for Exeter from 1931 to 1945, died on the 15th of January, 1961, at the age of 79. He joined the Com- mittee of Management in 1936. He served on the Finance and General Pur- poses Committees and...
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Colonel Kenneth L. C. Wright
November 1996 Colonel Kenneth L. C. Wright MBE TD, former chairman of the Portishead branch. Ken joined the branch in March 1976, serving as chairman until October 1976 but remained an active member of the committee until his death. He was...
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At 12.45 p.m. on 20th August, 1969, it was learnt that there was an injured man at Ballard head and that another man was stranded on the cliff. At 12.56 the life-boat R.L.P.
was launched in a fresh south westerly wind. It...
Myrtle, and Morning Mist
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—About four in the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was in difficulties half a mile west of Whitaker Beacon. At 4.15 the life- boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched in a strong...
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Nellie
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—On the 29th of July, 1956, the yacht Nellie was moored alongside Rosslare Pier and was being severely buffeted. The owner decided to make passage to Wexford. Fortunately the life-boat crew kept the yacht under...
Obituary
The Institution deeply regrets the death of two of its vice-presidents who have given it long and distinguished service, Major Sir Maurice Cameron, K.C.M.G., and Mr. Leonard Gow, LL.D., D.L., of Glasgow, and of Vice- Admiral Sir Robert...
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