ATHERFIELD, BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, AND BROOKE, ISLE or WIGHT.—On the night of Sunday 31st January, the fourmasted s.s. Eider, of Bremen, 4,719 tons register, bound from New York for Southampton, en route for Bremen, stranded on the reef of rocks...
The Humber, Yorkshire.—While returning to Hull after a visit to Spurn on the 23rd July, the small sailing yacht Pinta, of Hull, manned by five sea scouts, was forced to put back by a rising wind. The sea was moderate, but a fresh westerly...
More than £12,000 was raised by Bristol ladies' guild at its summer ball, held last July at the home of Mr and Mrs Cullum McAlpine, near Bath. On arrival, every lady was presented with a red rose, and when the 350 guests sat down to...
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Two ILBs search A SMALL INFLATABLE DINGHY in which it was thought there were two boys and which appeared to be in difficulty 600 yards off Southerness Light was reported to Silloth ILB station by Ramsey Coastguard at 1819 on Wednesday May 2;...
The Navy and Air Force have been no less generous. During 1940 the Navy contributed £2099, nearly five times as much as in 1939. The appeal to the Air Force was made in September 1940. Up to the end of February 1941 the contributions...
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Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 3.27 in the morning of the 1st of July, 1948, the coastguard reported that the s.s. Afon Gwili, of Llanelly, had anchored about a mile to the south-east of Yarmouth, and had asked...
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Stromness.
About 4 on the morning of the 14th February three messengers from different houses in Invertown brought the Honorary Secretary the news that a steamer, which was found afterwards to be the trawler Carmania II.,...
On a chilly December evening a team from Littlehampton fundraising branch set out on their annual pub rush and collected cash in aid of the RNLI.
Wearing yellow oilskins and carrying collection boxes and buckets, they aimed... - View image in PDF
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