LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

PALLING, NORFOLK.—During a fresh breeze from the N.W. on the 3rd November, a steamer was observed on the Hasborough Sands showing signals of distress. The British Workman Life-boat was launched at 9 A.M. and proceeded to the vessel, which...

.— Dur- ing the morning of the 26th February the wind freshened into a N.W. gale with a moderate sea. About 6.30 a message was received from the Coast- guard that a schooner was ashore at Scotston Head, and the crew of the Life-boat George...

BERWICK - ON - TWEED. — The ketch William Knox, of Kirkcaldy, coal laden, from the Tyne for Bonar Bridge, was seen running for the harbour while a freshbreeze was blowing from S.E. on the 9th February. On entering the river she was caught by...

APPLEDORE, DEVONSHIRE. — While the ketch Sylph, of Bideford, was bound for that port with a cargo of coal on the 15th April, she stranded on the South Tail and showed signals of distress. In response, the Life-boat Jane Hannah MacDonald was...

About midnight on the 6-7th of March, during hazy weather, the coastguard observed a vessel ashore about a mile to the north of Palling and reported it. The No. 1 Life-boat, 54

The Life-boat Willie and Arthur was launched at 6.15 P.M. on the 25th September, the Coastguard having reported that a schooner, which was in the roadstead, was dragging her anchors and making signals for assistance. A moderate S.E.

One breezy Autumn evening at dusk, a passenger vessel travelling along the River Thames collided with Tower Pier in central London. Upriver at Chiswick, another incident unfolded

At 7pm on...

THE need has been long felt of a shipwreck night-signal of distress, which could be seen from a far distance; be as different as possible from ordinary lights, so as not to be mistaken for one; be inexpensive, and above all be portable and...