DIED AFTER FALL Howth, Co. Dublin. At 5 p.m. on I2th June, 1964, the gardai told the honorary secretary that a boy had fallen down the cliff at Balscadden and could be seen in the water. The tide had been ebbing for two hours and there was a...
MAN TAKEN OFF LIGHTVESSEL Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 7.10 on the evening of the 18th August, 1962, the Wicklow honorary secretary asked if the Arklow life-boat would land a member of the crew of the Codling lightvessel as the man's father...
Fowey, Cornwall.—22nd September.
Distress signals had been reported at Dodman Point, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
Newhaven, and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—30th November. A Government balloon had drifted out to sea, and the life-boats put out, but were recalled, as the balloon was filled with dangerous gas.—Rewards, Newhaven, £16 16s.; Shoreham,...
Aith, Shetland Isles - At 9 p.m. on 2oth February, 1967, at the request of the medical authorities, the life-boat was made ready to convey a doctor and a relief district nurse to the Island of Foula.
The resident nurse was...
Arklow, Co. Wicklow, and Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—8th September, 1939. Shortly before midnight reports had been received that flares from a vessel ashore on Blackwater Bank had been seen. Both life-boats searched without success, and...
Margate, Kent.—24th October, 1939.
An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea, but it was reported later that it was a false alarm.
—Rewards, £18 12s..
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 28th June, 1961, the honorary secretary received an urgent message from the doctor at Gaveedore that the resident nurse on Tory Island had fallen while trying to...
At 7.48 p.m. on nth April, 1967, it was reported that a boy was stranded on the cliffs at Aberbach, Dinas Cross. The lifeboat Howard Marryat was launched at 8 o'clock in a strong north north easterly wind on the ebb tide. On reaching the...
APRIL 12TH. - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
Lights had been reported on Grassholm Island at night, but it was found that grass on the island had been on fire.- Rewards, £8 14s. 9d..