Swanage, Dorset.—On the morning of the 13th July a visitor set out from Boscombe in a small boat with theobject of rowing to Swanage. He had no knowledge of the tides and got into difficulties. At 3.20 P.M. he was seen by the Swanage...
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—15th November.
A motor yacht had caught fire, but men on the beach helped the crew ashore.—Rewards, £19 19s. 6d..
Anstruther, Fifeshire. — 19th April, 1938. A fishing boat had caught fire, but her crew were taken on board another boat.—-Rewards, £11 13s. 6d..
MAY 23RD. - DOVER, KENT. A vessel had been reported on fire, but it was found that it was only her funnels sending out dense smoke.-Partly permanent paid crew : Rewards, £2 17s..
MARCH 11TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
A motor fishing boat had gone ashore, but the crew clambered up the rocks and got safely ashore. - Rewards, £6 13s..
DECEMBER 2ND. - COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. A trawler had been bombed and sunk by German aeroplanes, but the crew were taken on board three other trawlers. - Rewards, £17 11s. 6d..
AUGUST 25TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
A sailing boat had capsized, but her crew of three got ashore without help. - Rewards, £13 10s..
St. Ives, and Sennen Cove, Cornwall.— At 8.53 on the evening of the 24th of January, 1955, the St. Ives coastguard rang up the St. Ives life-boat station to say that a Firefly aircraft had crashed, and that men had been seen in a rubber...
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JANUARY 3RD. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.49 in the evening the Deal coastguard reported red flares east-by-north about four miles distant. A south-west gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and squalls of rain and sleet. The motor life-boat Charles...