BY the death of Mr. James Hartley Burton on 16th May, at the age of eighty-one, the Institution has lost an outstanding honorary secretary. He became the honorary secretary of the Penmon, Anglesey, station in 1906, and when that station was...
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On the 5th May the Life-boat was again taken out and rendered assistance to five fishing cobles, which were in danger, a very strong N.N.E. wind blowing and a heavy sea having risen while they were out fishing..
LIFEBOATS DEMAND THE DEPENDABILITY OF DAGENITE So does your car. Make sure you choose a Dagenite Easifil-it means what it says. Dagenite Batteries are used extensively by the R.N.L.I.
They don't take...
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LIFEBOATS DEMAND THE DEPENDABILITY OF DAGENITE So does your car. Make sure you choose a Dagenite Easifil-it means what it says. Dagenite Batteries are used extensively by the R.N.L.I.
They don't take chances..
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Some members of Oxton and Claughton RNLI branch, Merseyside, before the start of a 'cheap and cheerful evening' at which they raised £444.
Since the branch was reformed in 1978 it has been responsible for... - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 9TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. Three boys had taken a ship’s boat without permission and had got into difficulties, but the boat was carried against the east pier and smashed, and they were able to get ashore. - Rewards, £18...
MAY 8TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
Two men had reported to the life-boat coxswain that they had seen an aeroplane crash in to the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £4 10s. 6d..
HORNSEA.—On the morning of Tuesday, the 8th November, during a moderate E. gale and a heavy sea, rockets were fired in quick succession by the fourmasted ship Earl of Beaconsfield, of London, bound from Calcutta for Hull with a cargo of...
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
On the morning of the 14th June, 1961, there was a heavy swell, which was growing steadily worse. Six local fishing boats were at sea, and it was decided that the life-boat should be...
PENARTH.—At 7.30 P.M. on the 7th March, in answer to signals of distress, the Life-boat Joseph Denman was launched, and boarded the brig Crocodile, of Dartmouth, which vessel had got ashore on the west end of Cardiff sands. A strong gale was...