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Treatment of the Apparently Drowned
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DIRECTIONS FOR RESTORING THE APPARENTLY DROWNED.
THE leading principles of the following Directions...
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Just one inch of water
Drowning is a silent epidemic that claims an estimated 360,000 lives
every year, many of them children. This summer, we brought this to the attention of world leaders, with a photographic exhibition at the UN Headquarters in New...
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Hannah, of Drobak
At day- break on the llth November, the barque Hannah of Drobak, Norway, drifted out of the Humber, during a strong wind from the N.W., accompanied by snow and sleet, the weather having been very stormy during the night. Eventually the...
The S.S. Pass of Glenogle
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on the night of the 28th of October, 1954, the coxswain overheard a message from the Humber radio station to the port doctor stating that the S.S. Pass of Glenogle, of London, needed a doctor to attend her captain....
A Canoeist Brought a Message to Filey Coastguard on August 14 1973 That a Man and Two Children Were Stranded on Rocks North of Filey Brig the Filey Ilb
A canoeist brought a message to Filcy Coastguard on August 14, 1973, that a man and two children were stranded on rocks north of Filey Brig. The Filey ILB was launched at 1905 and within an hour hail taken the three people on hoard (right),... - View image in PDF
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Lytham St.Anne's (Below Left): Dedication of the Ilb Funded By the North West Green Shield Stamp Appeal Atlantic 21 Wolverhampton (Below Right) Is Named By The
Lytham St Anne's (below, left): Dedication of the ILB funded by the North West Green Shield Stamp appeal.
Atlantic 21 Wolverhampton (below, right) is named by the Mayor.
photograph by courtesy of the... - View image in PDF
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Amicizia, of Genoa
On the 23rd May, during a strong breeze from the N.E. by E., the brig Amicizia, of Genoa, was observed to take the ground in the Stanford Channel. The Lowestoft and Pakefield life-boats both put off to the rescue of the crew. The first-named...
Why Is a Ship Always a She, and Why Is She Invariably Launched With Ceremony and Usually the Traditional Bottle of Champagne (Arrowed)?
Why is a ship always a she, and why is she invariably launched with ceremony and usually the traditional bottle of champagne (arrowed)?. - View image in PDF
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Notes of the Quarter
WITH this number we greet a new readership. This consists of members of the newly formed Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association to be known as the Y.L.A. The new Association was formally brought into being by Sir Alec Rose at...
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Lecture on Life-Boats
4. Richardson's Tubular Life-boat.—The next coast life-boat to be described is "the tubular." By the model of this boat, which is on the table, it will be seen that it is altogether different in principle to any other boat;...
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