LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THIS excellent Service, which is now in its fifteenth year as a chartered corporation, is making strenuous efforts to increase its sphere of usefulness and to extend the scope of its operations.

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At 10 P.M. on the 27th October, in reply to signals of distress, the Life-boat Dr. Batton was launched from this station, and proceeded through a heavy sea and fresh breeze at S.E. to the assistance of the barque Atlantic, of Grimstad, which...

PETERHEAD, N.B.—On the 11th April, signals of distress were observed in the direction, of Seotstonhead, -whereupon the People's Journal No. 1 Life-boat proceeded out, and found the schooner Sunshine, of Wick, stranded on the...

CAISTEE, NORFOLK.—At 4 a.m. on the 7th October, flares and rockets were seen in the direction of the Cross Sand, apparently fired from a steam vessel on the sand. The Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was promptly launched, and in going...

GOELBSTON.—The No. 1 Life-boat, the Mark Lane, was launched at 1.45 P.M. on the 17th of January, during a strong S.E.

by E. wind and a heavy sea, to the assistance of the s.s. Speedwell, of Yarmouth, which had grounded on...

MARGATE.—Signals having been shown by the lightships, and by a vessel ashore on the Girdler Sand during a strong S.W.

wind and a moderate sea on the 3rd November, the Quiver, No. 1, Life-boat was launched at about 7.30 P.M....

On the 7th November, the No. 1 Lifeboat Mark Lane was launched at about 5.15 A.M., signals of distress having been seen during a moderate gale, increasing at intervals to a strong gale, from the E.S.E., and a very heavy sea. After a long...

On the 6th December a strong gale of wind, accompanied by a heavy sea, came on suddenly, and six of the fishing- l cobles belonging to the port, each con- taining 3 men, were overtaken by the storm. On their perilous pgpition being observed,...