The recent sad accidents at Lytham and at Rhyl, by the upsetting of the life-boats stationed at these two places, are so calculated to destroy confidence in all life-boat: among those unacquainted with the exact circumstances of the case,...
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(Below) When The Right Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Anthony Jolliffe, CBE was in Weymouth during the summer, he visited the lifeboat station and was shown all over the 54ft Arun Tony Vandervell. He is seen here II) in the engine room... - View image in PDF
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Nov. 6TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
It had been reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but the life-boat could find nothing. - Rewards, £14 9s. 6d..
JUNE 2ND. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had come down in the sea, one mile E.N.E. of Easington, but the life-boat’s help was not needed.- Permanent paid crew..
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...and a bottle of rum! Tom Greer of Watson's Rum presents £1,500 to area organiser Colin Lawson in the presence of the Anstruther crew in April. The money was collected from rum bottles strategically... - View image in PDF
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Looking at lifeboats...
the WAVENEY class The first in a series of profiles of lifeboat classes The Waveney was the first of the RNLI's classes of 'fast lifeboat' and originated as a design operated by the US...
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BROADSTAIRS, KENT. — The boatmen at Broadstairs having some time since requested the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to place one of its self-righting life-boats on that station, and it being considered that such a boat might be useful, in...
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SPECIAL TRUST FUNDS To TRANSFERS TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT (see p. 609) £. s. d. £. ». d.
Blake Life-boat Maintenance Fund 36 16 6 Dunnett Widows and Orphans Fund 126 4 6 Reardon Samaritan Fund 133 10...
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Jan. 8.—Voted the thanks of the Insti- tution, inscribed on vellum and framed, together with the sum of 21. each, to JAMES HEARNE and three other boatmen for gallantly putting off in a boat and rescuing the crew of four persons from the...
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HOLYHEAD.—Signals of distress were seen in the outer harbour at 10 P.M. on the 30th September last during stormy weather and a rough sea. The Thomas Fielden Life-boat was launched, proceeded outside Salt Island, and found the brig- antine...
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