LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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JULY 7TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
A man had fallen over the Bempton Cliffs, but he was hauled up the cliff face by ropes. - Rewards, £8 12s..
A Fishing Coble (1)
SEPTEMBER 1ST. - SEAHAM, DURHAM.
A fishing coble’s engine had broken down, but she was towed into Hartlepool by another fishing boat. - Rewards, £7 1s..
A Naval Landing Craft
NOVEMBER 14TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. A naval landing craft had stranded, but her crew were saved by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards, £6 18s..
A Fishing Boat (9)
MAY 20TH. - POOLE AND BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET. A fishing boat’s engine had broken down, but the boat was taken in tow by another boat. - Rewards, £7 3s..
A Yacht (2)
JULY 27TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A yacht had capsized in a race, but her crew were saved by other yachts.- Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..
A Speed Boat (1)
SEPTEMBER 27TH. - RAMSGATE, AND MARGATE, KENT. A speed boat had been reported missing, but she was found by a motor boat and towed to Ramsgate. - Rewards : Ramsgate, £11 19s. ; Margate, £12 14s..
A Plane
MAY 29TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. A competitor in the Manx Air Races had crashed into the sea, but he was picked up by a fishing boat.-Rewards, £7 13s.
A Dredging Barge
A dredging- barge was in imminent danger of going down near the east end of this harbour during a whole gale of wind on the 9th March, her anchor having dragged and the sea breaking over her. The only hope for her crew of 4 men was the...
James, of Carnarvon
On the 28th Jan.
the schooner James, of Carnarvon, was wrecked near the bar of Drogheda Harbour, in a S.E. gale. The two Drogheda Life- boats launched to her assistance, and 1 man was rescued by the South boat, the John...
James Vinnicombe
On the 3rd February, in reply to signals of distress shown by the barque James Vinnicombe, of Sunderland, which had been in collision with another vessel and was in a disabled condition, the same Life-boat was launched, and, assisted by...