Whitby, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 16th of February, 1960, one of three local fishing boats which were at sea, the Provider A., wirelessed that she expected to be off the harbour about 2.15 in the afternoon. As the weather was becoming...
CAUGHT BY SUDDEN GALES Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. — On the morning of the 13th of January, 1948, anxiety was felt for the safety of several local fishing boats at sea, for a gale was getting up, and at 12.15, when it was blowing a...
Summary of Accounts for 1977 Full accounts are available from Poole Headquarters.
£ millions 6.5 How expenditure was apportioned Ten years at a glance 0.5 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Areas of...
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MONTROSE, N. B.—On the 17th April some of the fishing fleet of Montrose were caught outside the bar of the river in a sudden storm from the S.E. Many boats which were in great peril hove-to outside, unwilling to take the bar. The...
KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—The schooner Mary Jane, of Barrow, which had left Maryport for Port William with a cargo of coal on the 22nd March, entered the river on the 23rd March at 2.30 A.M., and lay in Boss roads awaiting suitable weather to enable...
In April members of the Facta non Verba Lodge 3049 met Newhaven lifeboat VIPs to present them with a cheque for £2,000.. - View image in PDF
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Howth, Co. Dublin. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 4th of August, 1958, the life-boat R.P.L. left her station for Malahide with twelve collectors for the local flag day on board. She arrived at 2.45, and a quarter of an hour later...
A REMARKABLE instance of the enthu- siastic support given to the Institution by working men and women was re- counted by Mr. R. M. Burke, the Honorary Secretary of the Branch at Tuam, Co. Galway, at the Conference of Honorary Secretaries and...
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At 7.45 P.M. on the 1st October the Life-boat Civil Service No. 1 was called out by flares and rockets which had been seen in a north- easterly direction. About two miles from the east Margate buoy they found the schooner Celestina, of...
JULY 19TH. - FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 7.50 in the evening the coastguard telephoned that a vessel fourteen miles north of Strumble Head needed help.
The motor life-boat White Star was launched at...