APPLEDORE, BIDEFORD.—On the 9th October, 1860, the schooner Druid, of Aberystwith, was driven ashore on Bideford bar. The Appledore life-boat, belonging to the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, was quickly latunhed through a high surf,...
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(Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.) ITS OBJECT AND WORK.
The work of the Institution mainly consists of— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways,...
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Hand over Hand Chanty.
BY CAPTAIN Q. C. A. CRAUFUKD, R.N., honorary secretary of the Dungeness life-boat station.
" The items expended on this work were tar and grease."—Honorary Secretary's...
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Messrs. Victor Gollancz Ltd. are to be congratulated on producing under the title Wild Water an English edition of a Dutch book by Klaas Toxopeus, which has already had considerable success in the Netherlands (15s.).
Wild...
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JDST a week before the Lord Mayor's Show in November last the North Deal Life-boats had carried out the very gallant rescues which are described on another page, when three vessels were in distress on the Goodwin Sands. It was felt to be...
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On the 16th May a sailor-boy, while endeavouring to reach his vessel, in Kedwharf Bay, in a boat from the shore, was driven out to sea by the strong ebb and high wind. The Moelfre life-boat was launched as soon as possible, and, after a long...
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk.—At 8.16 on the morning of 12th of June, 1955, the Gorleston coastguard rang up the Great Yar- mouth and Gorleston life-boat station to say that a shrimp boat had broken down off the harbour...
Stalwart volunteers from Downend, Kmgswood and district branch give a smile for the camera while selling souvenirs at Bristol harbour regatta in August- Volunteers from South Bristol, Tetbury and Nailsea branches also put in hard work during... - View image in PDF
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On the 7th April, the schooner Oregon, of Stone- haven, on entering the river Tees, ran ashore on the South Gare Sand, at the entrance of the river, where, striking heavily, she filled and sank. Some steam-tugs at- tempted to approach her ;...
On the 7th October the brig- antine Arion, of Workington, coal laden, ran aground on the bar ofi' Dundalk, the wind blowing a gale from the eastward at the time, with a high sea running. The Dun- dalk life-boat was at once launched and...