Rhyl, Flintshire. At 2.26 p.m. on 18th August, 1965, the Prestatyn police reported that two youths were in difficulties in a dinghy off Central beach, Prestatyn, and at 2.38 the life-boat Anthony Robert Marshall was launched in a strong...
YACHT CAPSIZED Swanage, Dorset. At 5.45 p.m. on I7th September, 1965, a small yacht capsized in Swanage Bay opposite the Grand Hotel. At 5.59 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched. A gale was blowing from the west-south-west, the sea was rough...
Boulmer, Northumberland - At 8.55 a.m. on 8th April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the coble Providence of Boulmer was late in returning. The sea in the harbour mouth was increasing and visibility was poor owing to...
Keeping in trim: Dianna Moran, TV's 'Green Goddess' fitness expert, puts some of the younger guests through their paces at Christchurch branch's annual barbecue at the Avonmouth Hotel in July. She was official guest at the... - View image in PDF
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MARCH 22ND. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW At about 8.45 A.M. information was received that the Greek steamer Mount Taurus, of Syra, was on the Arklow Bank. Another vessel was standing by her. A moderate southerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate...
NOVEMBER 9TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 1.45 in the afternoon the coastguard passed on a message from Owers Lightship asking the life-boat to come out to the lightship and take a sick man ashore. A strong northerly breeze was blowing, with a...
APRIL 25TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 7 P.M. the coastguard reported that a trawler had been mined and torpedoed some four miles from the signal station. The sea was smooth, with a light S.W. wind. The motor life-boat Edward Prince...
Three of the cobles were overtaken by the E.S.E. gale which suddenly-sprung up on the 22nd January, and as it was evident, owing to the heavy sea running, that their return to harbour would be very dangerous, the Life-boat Co-operator No. 1...
"English Coastal Evolution." By E M.
Ward (Methuen, 6s. 8d net).
Reviewed by A. W. Lewis, the Consulting Engineer of the Institution.
COASTAL changes concern the Institution...
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RAMSGATE AND NORTH DEAL.—On the 20th September, at about 12.30 A.M., the ship Paul Boyton, of Yarmouth, N.S., 1097 tons, bound from Baltimore to Hamburg with a cargo of maize, went ashore on the Goodwin Sands during a fresh wind from the W....