APRIL 25TH. - PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN. During the afternoon a strong N.E. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. Three fishing boats were out and at 5 P.M. the motor life-boat Ethel Day Cardwell was launched to their help. Two of the boats...
Clogher Head, Co. Louth. — 23rd January, 1939. A fishing boat was reported in danger on Drogheda Bar,but she went ashore at Nanny River and her crew were able to land unaided.
—Rewards, £28 Is. 6d..
26th December.
A steamer had made a succession of blasts on her whistle, but it was found that what she wanted was only a pilot.
—Rewards, £43 19s. 6d..
OCTOBER 9TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A small motor coble had been seen making way with difficulty in bad weather, but she reached St. Combes without help. - Rewards, £8 5s. 6d..
FEBRUARY 23RD. - TORBAY, DEVON.
A whaler from a naval corvette had been reported missing. She was found waterlogged, but there was no trace of her crew of four. - Rewards, £10 11s. 6d..
• Boat World: The Sail and Powerboat Yearbook 1971, now in its eighth edition, is to hand from Sell's Publications Ltd., Sell's House, 39 East Street, Epsom, Surrey, price £1.25. This annual handbook for boat owners is packed...
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With deep regret we record the following deaths.
NOVEMBER 1987: Miss F. E. H Shackleton, JP, vice president of Rochdale ladies' guild since 1959.
She was honorary secretary of the guild from 1947 to...
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MRS. BERTHA WADSWORTH, of Hamp- stead Garden Suburb, London, who died on llth August at the age of 77, had been a subscriber to the Institution for twenty years. By her express wish no flowers were sent to the funeral, and friends were asked...
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