THERE were 272 stations embraced in the Life-saving Establishment of the United States at the close of the fiscal year which terminated on the 30th June, 1902. Of this number 195 were situated on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 60 on the...
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LOWESTOFT | 6 JUNE
After a Dutch yachtsman failed to reach his destination and days of radio silence passed, a Coastguard aircraft spotted him drifting 14 miles off Lowestoft. Coxswain John Fox launched with his fellow crew...
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In front of the table. Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, with Coxswain Harry Griggs, jun,, of Hythe, and Coxswain Douglas Oilier, of Dungeness. Behind the table, left to right. Sir Godfrey Baring, Mr, George F. Shee.
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The names of those in front, reading from right to left, are: Mr. C. E.
Baldwin, J.P., the Right Hon. Walter Runciman, Major Barton, R.E., Mr. W. J. Parker (Hon. Secretary), Sir Walter Runciman, Lady Runciman, the Lord... - View image in PDF
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Eyemouth, Berwickshire —4th February.
A steam drifter had run ashore, but her crew were brought ashore by the Board of Trade life-saving rocket apparatus.—Rewards, £16 12s. 6d..
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—20th September. A small yacht had capsized, but a rowing boat from Penarthrescued the crew.—Rewards, £5 3s.
[An account of the rescue by the small boat will appear in the next number of The...
The Humber, Yorkshire.—15th October.
A Danish steamer reported the Humber light-vessel as flying a signal for help, but actually the signal was to the steamer, saying : " You should not pass too close to...
', The Humber, Yorkshire.—14th April.
Two steamers had been in collision twenty miles away, but could not be found in a dense fog. One foundered, her crew being rescued by a near-by steamer, and the other, although...