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Andrews, Fifeshire.—On the 27th De- cember the steam trawler Ebor Abbey, of Aberdeen, ran aground on the Carr Rocks, Fife Ness, while bound with a crew of nine to Granton for bunker coal.<...
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—The schooner Ellesmere, of Runcorn, bound for Liverpool, with potatoes, had her mainsail and top-gallant sail torn in a gale from E. by S., on the 8th February, and anchored about three-quarters of a mile E.N.E. of the...
Four local athletes from Cumbernauld Athletics and Shettleston Harriers, including a father and son, offered themselves for sponsorship in the Scottish People's Marathon, run in Glasgow on September 11, 1983. Between them they raised... - View image in PDF
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OCT. 14TH. - MARGATE, KENT. -During the morning a sailing barge was seen dragging her anchor off Margate Jetty. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and it was decided to send out the motor life-boatThe Lord Southborough...
During a moderate E.S.E. gale on the 1st January signals of distress were observed at 9.30 A.M. on a schooner lying at anchor in Rosslare Bay. The crew of the Life-boat Tom and Jennie were assembled, and in a heavy sea the boat proceeded to...
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AUGUST 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 3.30 P.M., during an air raid, an aeroplane was seen from the boathouse to crash into the sea some three miles N. by W. of the station. The sea was smooth, with a N.W.
wind. The motor...
At 8.37 p.m. on 30th July, 1966, it was noticed that a motor boat one mile northnorth- west of Cape Cornwall had fired a distress rocket. The life-boat Susan Ashley was launched at 8.45 in a strong north-westerly wind and a very rough sea....
The Coastguard telephoned to the Honorary Secretary at 1.15 A.M. on the 8th January that a steamer, which was found later to be the Afon Dulais, of Llanelly, bound for Port Talbot with pig iron, was aground on the Mixon Sands. A light N.N.W....
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