LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

AUGUST 28TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE. A vessel had been reported bombed, but nothing was found.- Rewards. £25 13s..

FEBRUARY 25TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. Flares had been seen, but nothing could he found. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..

AUGUST 14TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. Red flares had been reported, but only a patch of oil was found. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..

OCTOBER 11TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A vessel had run ashore, but refloated. - Paid permanent crew.

BY the death on 4th August last of Captain T. Fitzgibbon McCombie, M.B.E., the honorary representative in Dublin of the Royal Humane Society, passed away, at the age of 82, a man who, though he was not a life-boatman, had the rare...

On the 14th De- cember, during a gale from the S.W., a vessel was seen in distress off Looe Island.

The life-boat Oxfordshire stationed there j was quickly launched through a heavy surf | to her assistance, and...

TORQUAY.—About 9 P.M. on the 5th November, during a W.N.W. gale, it was reported that signals of distress were being shown by a vessel in the offing. The Mary Brundret Life-boat was launched, and on reaching the vessel, which was about...

BILLY BURDEN, who lives near Poole and who is well known for his amusing 'yokel' stage character, came to RNLI HQ on January 31 to draw the Institution's twenty-fourth national lottery.

For this and future...