THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life- boat crew in 1959 has been won by Coxswain Richard Evans of Moelfre for the rescue of the crew of the coaster Hindlea, which went aground in a hurricane on the...
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was a summer of fairs . . . tombola break for (I. to r.) Mr and Mrs W. J. Shufflebottom, who opened their home and garden at Hanchurch for Stoke-on-Trent ladies' guild fair, with Miss Winifred Barratt, who opened festivities, and Mrs W... - View image in PDF
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Help us to raise £5000 fortheRNLI The Grace Darling Mug Honouring one and a half centuries of heroism at sea.
Now a legend forever - Grace Darling faced a wild and furious sea to save the lives of nine survivors from...
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In December last, the Viscountess Hawarden was chairman of the Central London Women's Committee 150th anniversary Lifeboat and Mermaid Ball at the Dorchester Hotel. The event was graced by the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Kent and...
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FEBRUARY 19TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A British Whitley aeroplane had crashed in Abersoch Bay, but Royal Air Force speedboats rescued five of the crew and picked up two bodies. - Rewards £5 14s.
In the distance the Longships Lighthouse.. - View image in PDF
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MARCH 12TH. - GALWAY BAY. A British aeroplane had crashed in Galway Bay, and the five members of her crew had baled out.
Two of them were found, but the others seemed to have been blown far out to sea, and the motor...
Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—18th September, 1939. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the life-boat was recalled by the coastguard as her services were not needed.— Rewards, £12 5s..
NOVEMBER 12TH. - PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN. Five men from an aeroplane were adrift in a rubber dinghy, but they were picked up by a steamer. - Rewards, £35 13s..