LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Mr. Edward Dean, honorary sec- retary of the Oldham branch, who died on 3rd March of this year, had been associated with its work for forty-one years. In 1931 he was awarded the Institution's gold badge for his long and distinguished...

Southend'on-Sea, Essex.—12th December, 1937. A sailing barge had struck a sunken wreck off Low Way Buoy and sank, but her crew had already left her when the life-boat arrived.—Rewards, £19 10*..

North Sunderland, Northumberland.— 25th July, 1938. A yacht had been reported overdue and a long search was made, without result. Later a fishing boat picked up the yacht and brought her in.—Rewards, £19 lls..

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—llth October, 1938. A destroyer had reported through Sheerness that a motor boat was in difficulties, but she must have gone on her way, as she could not be found.—Rewards, £19 1*..

The Humber, Yorkshire.—22nd March, 1939. A steamer had collided with a trawler seventeen miles N.N.E. of the Humber. She was badly damaged and began to sink, but her crew were rescued by the trawler.—Permanent paid crew: Rewards,...

Walton and Frinton, Essex.—21st June, 1939. The Kentish Knock Lightvessel had reported that a yacht had carried away her mast, but the yacht cleared herself and went on her way.—Rewards, £14 15s. 6d..

THE Institution has received a gift of 60 threepenny bits from a lady in Jarrow. She writes that she has been collecting threepenny-bits for 50 years, all of which she has sent to the Institution or put in life-boat collecting...

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. — 2 81 h August, 1939. A motor fishing boat had been reported ashore, and the lifeboat put out in a dense fog, but she was recalled as her help was not needed.—Rewards, £9 13s..