AUGUST 7TH. - CLOUGHEY, AND NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. An upturned boat had been reported fifteen miles south-east of Tara, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Cloughey, £14 14s. ; Newcastle, £22 11s..
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Newhaven, and Selsey, Sussex. At 12.5 on the afternoon of the 17th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had capsized a quarter of a mile off Cuckmere and that her crew of two could be...
The 60th anniversary of one of the RNLI’s most tragic days was marked at Arbroath in October.
Six crewmen died when the lifeboat Robert Lindsay was struck by huge waves close to the harbour and capsized on 27 October 1953....
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In December, 1944, the life-boat at Torbay put out one night in torrential rain with a gale blowing to the help of a tug and a small vessel which she had in tow. The life-boat crew was two men short. So dark was the night that they could see...
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25 November: When Broughty Ferry lifeboat was unable to locate a jet-skier who had called for help just after lunchtime, a major search and rescue operation was mounted, involving an RAF rescue helicopter and...
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Captain of Edward VI Five Ways School, Barlley Green, Tony Reilly, while receiving the keys of a new minibus given to the school by the Friends of Five Ways, simultaneously hands a cheque for £1,400 to old boy and also Mayor of... - View image in PDF
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NEARLY ON THE ROCKS Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 7.30 on the night of the llth of November, 1947, flares to the north of the harbour were seen, and the motor life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched at 7.40, in a southerly ' gale with a very rough...
PILOT CUTTER'S REPORT At 8.14 p.m. on 4th September, 1964, .the coastguard told the honorary secretary that Nab pilot cutter had reported a dinghy adrift but was unable to help.
It was two hours before high water with...
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