LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

October 20th, at 5 P.M.

The schooner Fantee, of Hamburg, bound from that port to Shields, was wrecked on the Tay Bank, 8 miles to leeward of St.

Andrew's. It was blowing a gale from the S.E. with, as...

At about 11 o'clock on the following morning the Life-boat again put off to the assistance of the barque Nereus, of Liverpool, bound from Barrow-in-Furness to Queensland with a cargo of steel rails.

Her cargo had...

MORAY FIRTH, NAIENSHIRE. —Telegrams were received from Burghead and Findhorn, on the 13th August, to the effect that a barque was ashore between Findhorn and the Old Bar, beyond the reach of the rocket apparatus. The Caulfield and Ann...

During a W.S. W.

gale on the 8th September the coast- guard reported at about 3 A.M. that signals were being made by a vessel in distress. The No. 1 Life-boat E.A.O.B.

was promptly launched, and proceeded...

Dur- ing a moderate to strong gale on the 14th March a three-masted schooner was observed at anchor on the south side of the Greengrounds, dragging her anchors. As she was in a position of danger, and had hoisted a two flag signal, the...

WE regret to record the death, at the end of last September, of the Rev. R.

W. PEKIIY CIRCUITT, Vicar of Brixham since 1900, and Honorary Secretary of the Brixham and Paignton Branch of the Institution for the past fifteen...

At 6.45 P.M. on the 16th November, the motor life-boat John and MaryMeik- lam of Gladswood put out in response to signals from the Cockle light-vessel. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing with a very heavy sea on the sands. The steam drifter...

THE Institution has received the anonymous gift of the caul of a baby born in 1832. The donor sent it under- standing that " sailors prize cauls, as they are supposed to provide immunity from drowning." The caul has been given to...