OCTOBER 16TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A parachute had been reported coming down, but nothing could be found.
It is possible that it may have been a mine dropped by enemy aeroplanes, as a great number were...
OCT . 4TH . - FLEETWOOD , A N D LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A motor fishing boat, with two on board, was, long overdue. A strong wind was blowing, and the sea was rough. Both life-boats searched all night, but found nothing, and it was...
5th December.
A vessel grounded on the Barber Sands, but got oil without help.—Rewards, £41 15s..
24th September. A balloon from Ger- many drifting towards land very low appeared likely to fall in the sea, but came down on Spittal beach.—Re- wards, £4 16s. 6d..
25th June. A small yacht ran ashore on the break- water, but her crew were rescued by a motor boat.—Rewards, £9 Is..
15th October.
Rockets had been seen by the North Goodwin light-vessel, but no vessel in need of help could be found.—Rewards, £11 19s. 9d..
6th December. A trawler grounded near Valentia, about fifty miles away, but her crew got ashore unaided. The life-boat was out for twenty-eight hours.—Rewards, £26 17s. 6d..
The Humber, Yorkshire.—3rd August.
Two boys in a small boat had drifted away from Cleethorpes, but reached land again without help.—Permanent crew: Rewards, 6s..
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—27th October.
Distress signals had been reported near the Lynn Well lightship, but a search revealed nothing.—Rewards, £9 17s..
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire.—7th January, 1939. A small boat was swamped. One of her crew of two got ashore unaided. The other could not be found.—Rewards, £11 14s..