FEBRUARY 22ND. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
At 7 P.M. the police reported distress signals from a fishing boat six miles south of Girvan. A strong S.S.W. breeze was blowing with a rough sea The motor life-boat Lily Glen - Glasgow...
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - THE MUMBLES, AND BARRY DOCK, GLAMORGANSHIRE.
The American Forces tug N o . 6 7 2 had grounded on the Tusker Rock, off Porthcawl, but she overturned before the life-boat reached the scene. Eight of her...
TVS 'Coast to Coast' presenter Khalid Aziz and Claire Roberts show that two hands are better than one when it comes to negotiating a 'nerve tester'. Khalid Aziz had opened a fete at Overton Primary School on June 25 which... - View image in PDF
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St. Abbs, Berwickshire. — On the morning of the 20th August a strong gale blew up from the south-east, with driving rain and a rough sea. As the local motor fishing boats Victory and Billows Crown were still at sea, the motor life-boat Helen...
AN invention has recently been brought to perfection, and patented, which we think we may fairly charac- terize as one of the most ingenious of modern times. This invention, which is the production of Mr. J. Boydell, an engineer of...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 2.34 on the afternoon of the 24th of March, 1960, the district superintendent of Trinity House at Great Yarmouth informed the honorary secretary that the Trinity House vessel Triton was unable to...
Set against a buoy HM COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, lifeboat station at 2251 on Friday, July 16, that cries for help heard coming from the vicinity of Sconce Buoy, near Fort Victoria, had been...
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Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 11.18 on the morning of the 3rd of February, 1960, the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched to stand by three local motor fishing vessels, which were entering harbour in very bad weather. There was...
June 30th, 1931, on the occasion of the Prince's visit to Eastbourne to lay the foundation stone of the Princess Alice Memorial Hospital. With the Prince are (left to right) Mr. Norman S. Holland, Chairman, Mrs. Astley Roberts, President... - View image in PDF
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