The smack John James, of Chester, bound from Dublin to Aberdovey, in ballast, was observed on the morning of the 17th October, in a disabled state, with her sails blown away, while the wind was blowing strong from the N., and the sea was...
SWANSEA —On the 4th May, 1872, the Life-boat Wolverhampton, stationed at the Mumbles, proceeded to the assistance of the ketch Jupiter, of Hamburg, which had gone ashore near the harbour during a strong gale from the W. Some of the crew of...
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BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—The new Life-boat Queen Victoria, sent by the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION to Bembridge, and named after Her Majesty THE QUEEN by H.E.H. the Duchess of EDINBURGH, on the 25th of July last, is a beautiful...
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THE first of the Life-boat Centenary celebrations in London was a dinner at the Authors' Club on 29th January, at which Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., the Secretary of the Institution, an old mem- ber of the Club, presided, and at which Sir...
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DURING the past year the difficulties— at all times serious—encountered by those endeavouring by personal effort to raise money for, and increase public interest in, deserving charities and in- stitutions have been in evidence in a greater...
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In this issue Institution News 2 Letters 9 Feature Advancing a great cause 10 A review of the 150 year history of the Lifeboat magazine Lifeboats in action 14 Award-winning rescues - including the first award for an RNLI lifeguard The...
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Thursday, Sept. 6, 1855. Captain LAM- BERT PERROTT in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, and Correspondence, and the Wreck and Reward...
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BY JAMES GLAISHER, ESQ., F.R.S.
His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND proposed in 1859 to the President of the British Meteorological Society, THOMAS SOPWITH, Esq., M.A.,F.R.S., the establishment of Meteorological...
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The boats of the ROTAL NATIONAL LIFB-BOAT IHSTITUTIOH and all belonging to them are kept in roomy and substantial boat-houses, under lock and key, in charge of paid coxswains and under the general superintendence of local honorary committees...
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' THE MATE AND HIS DUTIES.' By flw late Capt. JOSEPH J. KELLY. Third Edition.
TAYLOR, IMRAY, and SON, Minories, London; ROCKLIFF and SON, Liverpool.
Price 2s.
IN our 29th...
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