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Mike Inkster Raised £500 By Running from Whitstable Via Birchington and Mansion and Back a Total of 50 Miles the Money Was Divided Equally Between Whitstable Br
Mike Inkster raised £500 by running from Whitstable via Birchington and Mansion and back, a total of 50 miles. The money was divided equally between Whitstable branch and Cancer Research. Mr Inkster's firm, Pedigree Toys Ltd, kindly... - View image in PDF
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Whitby, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 17th of February, 1958, three local fishing vessels were at sea. Later the weather deteriorated, and the vessels were informed by radio-telephone that the harbour bar was very...
A Flat
HILBRE ISLAND, CHESHIRE.—On the 7th February it was reported that a flat was in distress and would require assistance.
She first caught the Salisbury Bank, where she lost her punt, but got off, slipped her anchor and made...
A Steamer
Waimer, Kent.—21st January, 1939.
A steamer had been heading for the Goodwin Sands, but changed her course in answer to warning guns from the East Goodwin Light-vessel.—Rewards, £29 Os. 6d..
A Raft
Eye mouth, Berwickshire.—23rd July, 1939. A raft with two boys on board was drifting seawards, but one of the boys succeeded in swimming ashore.
The other was drowned, and his body recovered by another...
A Catamaran
LIFE-BOAT AND HELICOPTER SEARCH FOR CATAMARAN Wells, Norfolk. At 1.28 a.m. on Monday the 15th of July, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a catamaran with three men on board was missing from Brancaster. There was a...
A Steamer
FEBRUARY 20TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
A steamer had blown up from some unknown cause about fifteen miles westnorth- west of Newquay, but the seventy survivors were picked up by other vessels.
- Rewards,...
A Yacht
MAY 12TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.
A small yacht which had left the Cumberland coast for the Isle of Man was overdue, but got into Douglas without help. - Rewards, £9 1s..
The Greek Motor Vessel Doriefs
Penlee, Cornwall. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 16th June, 1961, a message was received that there was a sick child aboard the Greek motor vessel Doriefs, who ought to be brought ashore. The vessel was making for Penzance. The weather was...