CAISTER.—On the morning of the 23rd February, 1896, the Cockle Light-vessel fired guns and rockets. The Life-boat Covent Garden was taken out of her house, and while she was being launched a coast- guardman arrived and informed the cox-...
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Committee of Management Commandant Vonla McBride, former director of the WRNS, Christopher Lucy, a stockbroker, and John James, a chartered surveyor, have joined the Committee of Management of the RNLI.
Commandant McBride...
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Scotland North Division Cliff face helicopter lift LONOHOPE honorary secretary was informed by the Coastguard at 2352 on December 20, 1974, that the Belgian trawler Lans was ashore on the north side of Tor Ness and required immediate...
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AEROPLANE CRASHED Lerwick, Shetlands—At 12.9 in the morning of January 3rd, 1947, an aero- plane could be heard flying round the town, and it dropped red flares. A strong southerly breeze was blowing, causing a rough sea, and as it appeared...
THE BOARD OP TRADE have recently! issued their very interesting Annual Blue Book, furnishing abstracts of the returns made to the Board of shipping casualties occurring on or near the coasts of the United Kingdom. The statistics now...
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LEAVING the main line at Twyford on the ; Great Western Railway, we proceed by a small local line to Henley, passing through Shiplake, a small station where the j Thames is crossed. This village is situ- ated at the foot of hilly slopes, on...
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Award of the Silver Medal.
DURING the twelve days from the 21st January to the 1st February. 1937 the worst gales within living memory blew at Aberdeen, and the south break- water of the harbour was washed...
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LOSSIEMOUTH.—On the 1st January, 1861 the sloop Thomas and Jane, of Dundee carried away her main boom, and having nearly four feet of water in her hold, and the master and crew being quite exhausted hoisted a signal of distress, which was...
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Injured girl RAMSEY COASTGUARD asked Peel lifeboat station honorary secretary at 1520 on Monday August 25, 1980, if the lifeboat would launch immediately to go to the help of a girl who had fallen off the cliffs between Niarbyl and White...
SOUTH BANK, LONDON, TUESDAY MAY 22 AN OUTSTANDING DAY: THE CROWN OF A MEMORABLE YEAR LIFEBOAT PEOPLE from all parts of Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland, and, indeed, from many other parts of the world, came to the Royal Festival...
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