At about 1.10 P.M. on the 8th January the Coxswain was informed by a fisherman that a fishing boat had broken down and was blowing towards the shore south oi Whitby. The Coastguard confirmed this and added that another fishing boat was going...
Early on the morning of the 4th March six local motor fishing boats—Fortunatus, Galli- lee, Mizpah, Noel, Pilot Me and Venus —-put oft to the fishing grounds. By 8 A.M. the sea had become rough, and the river was running strongly into the...
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 11.15 on the night of the 7th of August, 1958, a message was received that a motor launch had broken down with engine trouble one mile west of Hook lighthouse. The life-boat Annie Blanche Smith put out at...
In spite of bad weather, the local motor fishing vessel Provider put to sea early on the morning of the 21st November. The sea was very rough, a lot of fresh water was running down the harbour, and the entrance was very dangerous. It was...
OCTOBER 18TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. At 12.30 in the afternoon the harbour master received a wireless message from the motor ship Eagerfgelh, of Oslo, that she was off the harbour, had trouble with her engine, and needed a pilot to...
The proprietor of Highfields Hotel, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, recently received a substantial contribution in his life-boat collecting-box from a German visitor.
The German explained that he had been a U-boat commander in the last...
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Hythe and Dungeness, Kent.—19th October. A Folkestone fishing boat had not returned when due and a search was made. Meanwhile she made port safely.—Rewards, Hythe, £27 15s. 6d. ; Dungeness, £33 7s. 6d..
Margate, Kent. — 4th August. A speed-boat had broken down, but the four people on board were rescued by another boat.—Rewards, £11 6s..
Ramsgate, Kent.—30th September.
Three youths were missing in an open boat, but she was brought in by a motor boat.—Rewards, £10 5s..
Ramsgate, Kent.—9th April, 1939.
A Dutch motor vessel had been reported near the Goodwins, but she could not be found.—Rewards, £5 8s..