At daybreak on the 20th. November the Life-boat Richard and Sarah was instrumental in saving two fishing smacks and their crews of 4 men each. These vessels were, prior to the arrival of the Life-boat, most critically situated, owing...
RHOSCOLYN, ANGLESEY. — The barque Hjemlos, of and for Grimstadt, from Belfast in ballast, was observed about three miles S.W. of Bhoscolyn, apparently unmanageable, during a moderate gale from the N.W. and a heavy sea, on the 18th December....
ST. ANDREW'S, N.B.—On the 24lh October, during a N.E. gale and a heavy sea, the schooner Louise, of Frederickstadt, bound thence to Newcastle with barrel staves, drovd ashore on the West Sands and became a total wreck. The Ladies'...
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—8th August, 1938. Rockets had been reported, but no vessel in distress could be found.
Owing to the eagerness of the launchers the life-boat carriage damaged the iron railing on the foreshore and a...
St. Helier, Jersey.—On the 19th of November, 1949, the life-boat rescued three from the ketch Hanna, of Poole.
Rewards, bronze medal and £24 12*.
(A full account of this service will be published in...
IN 1950 the Institution held over 900 flag days. The number of people who gave was 6,100,000 and the sum given was £84,877. The number who gave was 400,000 fewer than in 1949, but the sum given was £1,271 more..
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On the 14th of January, 1952, the Walmer life-boat rescued the crew of 38 of the French steamer Agen, of La Rochelle. For a full account of this service, and the rewards, see page 317..
Dungeness, Kent.—At 4.50 on the after- noon of the 20th of August, 1955, the Lade coastguard rang up to say that the Rye police had reported that a boy swimming off Camber was drifting out to sea. At 5.15 the life-boat Charles Cooper...
Girvan, Ayrshire.—About 7.15 on the evening of the llth of May, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say a message had been received from Ailsa Craig that the wife of one of the workers there was ill and required immediate attention. Owing to the...
THE Institution has received a gift of £100 from Tasmania for the benefit of the life-boat station at Southend- on-Sea. The donor's aunt lived in Southend for many years and was a contributor to the branch..
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