MAY 23RD. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but the pilot was able to reach shore in his rubber dinghy. - Rewards, £6 6s..
JANUARY 11TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. At 7.10 in the morning, information was received from the coastguard that an R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed in Douglas Bay about two hundred yards off the Crescent Hotel. The weather was stormy, with a...
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When you open the door of a Volvo 460 Turbo, you'll notice the extra weight of the built-in crash-bar. It's there in all Volvo doors.
Sink back in your seat, secure in the knowledge that you...
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THULE? The most remote land sighted by the Romans? Was it Shetland? Perhaps. Certainly Shetland is the most northerly of the British Isles and Aith and Lerwick, both lying above latitude 60 degrees north, are the most northerly of the...
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An attractive girl dressed in a Nell Gwynn costume has been seen selling oranges on behalf of the Institution at a number of towns in the south and south-west of England where life-boats are stationed. She is Miss Sue Peters, and the oranges...
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At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, held at St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross Road, on Saturday, the 27th day of March, 1897, The Eight Hon.
Gr. J. GOSCHEN, M.P., First Lord...
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Happy families There are no prizes for spotting the most recent change to our advertisement for enrolment into the RNLI Membership Scheme. There is no need for 'Family Membership' now, as children can become Storm Force members in...
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Can you imagine what life might have been like 200 years ago for children in the 19th century (1800-1899)? II was a lime when everything depended on how rich Iheir parents were. The government did little to help the poor who were trying to...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 6.45 in the evening of the 10th of December, 1948, the police telephoned that North Foreland radio station had reported the s.s. Fulham II, of London, one mile north-east of Britannia Pier, with a...