On the 21st December, during a heavy gale from N.N.E., the schooner Little Aggie, of Ber- wick, with a cargo of slates, got on shore at Hauxley. The life-boat stationed there was immediately transported to the scene of the wreck, and with...
The Miriam life-boat at Buckie rescued the crew of 4 men of the sloop Hellene, of Alloa, which became a total wreck off Buckie.
The lads are afloat, they have launched the boat Where the moaning storm-birds flew, Oh, wife ! from the shores they cry,' One more,' With strong, steady hand and true! There are lives to save On the frothing wave— One more for the...
Category: Poetry
ABERDEEN. . . 223 ABERDOVEI . . 202 ABBRSOCH . . . 173 ABERYSTWTTH . 171 AOKEBGttL . . 227 ALDEBUBGH . . 211 ALLOA . . . . 227 ALHMOUTH . . 205 ANGLE . . . . 208 ANGLESEY . . . 170 ANSTRUTHEB . . 229 APPLBDORI . .179 ARANMORE . . 239...
Category: Branches
The effect of the north pier at Southwold on the southerly movement of sand can clearly be seen - there is a distinct 'step'in the beach.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
NORFOLK LIFE-BOATS.—At daybreak, on Sunday, the 23rd of Feb. last, the wind plowing heavily from the N.N.E. with thick storms of rain and sleet, the sloop Hannah, of Gainsborough, laden with a general cargo bound to London, was observed by...
Category: Services
Since they were shown a film by Mrs. Angela Wooldridge, secretary of the Stourbridge branch of the R.N.L.I., the children at Hob Green Infants' School, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, have taken a special interest in the life-boat service....
Category: Articles
MARCH 10TH. - 11TH. - HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. Late on the night of the 9th of March the Belgian motor trawler St. Jan Berchmans, of Ostend, with a crew of seven, was fishing about five miles from Mine Head in a strong south-easterly...
. . . before performing the ceremony, Commander Ralph Swann was presented by former Weymouth coxswain Mr F. J. Palmer with a framed photograph o/Tony Vandervell in Portland Race. With them are Lieut.- Commander B. F. Morris, honorary... - View image in PDF
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Main: Supporter Miss Olive Whitehead bequeathed the whole of her residuary estate to the lifeboat service with the request that it be used to fund a lifeboat named in memory of her parents.
The legacy amounted to around... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs