. — Early on the morning of the 2nd January, during a strong W.S.W.
breeze and heavy sea, large flare lights were seen in the direction of the Cross Sand, and the Lightships fired guns and rockets. The No. 1 Life-boat...
The No. 1 Life- boat Covent Garden was launched at 6 A.M.
during thick weather on the 13th January to the assistance of the S.S. Glenside, of Newcastle, which had stranded on the Barber Sands, opposite the Life-boat station...
BARRU MARINE DIVISION Suppliers of OUTBOARD ENGINES D MI IINSHORE to the [ IXLI LIFEBOATS for over 25 years As a result of an appeal to raise funds by the Lawnflite garden machinery division of E.P.BARRUS Ltd.
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MARINE DIVISION Suppliers of OUTBOARD ENGINES D MI I INSHORE AIII LI LIFEBOATS for over 25 years to the . . . . , _ . . _ . . _ . o . . . .
Si 1.irVf:» ;.i.iJ»i »iM'lito - m As a result of an appeal to...
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Arbroath, Broughty Ferry, and Montrose, Angus.—At 12.50 in the afternoon of the 10th of November, 1948, the Arbroath coastguard telephoned the Arbroath life-boat station that the S.S. El Ciervo, of London, had reported that she had picked...
MRS. AMY LEA WARREN PEARL, an honorary life-governor of the Institu- tion, died on ist February, 1964, at the age of 83. She was a member of the Chelsea branch committee from 1936, became vice-chairman in 1951, and subscribed generously to...
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Rosslare Harbour ROSSLARE HARBOUR in County Wexford is, according to the tourist brochures, the heart of the Sunny South East.
Unfortunately, on Friday June 28,1985, it failed to live up to its name. With the naming...
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MR. R. H. MAHONY, of Ballycotton, CAPTAIN G. B. PIGGOTT, of Barmouth, and MR. S. VALENTINE, of Girvan, have all been accorded the highest distinction which the Royal National Life-boat Institution can confer on an honorary worker. This is...
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By Captain Howard F- J. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., Chief Inspector of Life-boats.
IN 1922 the Institution, which, had then had nearly twenty years of experience with Motor Life-boats, designed an engine to meet the special and...
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Concerted efforts Worcester guild has a particular talent for turning musical notes into pound notes. In May 1984 a concert given by Scottish baritone, Peter Morrison, in conjunction with the Hereford Police Choir, raised £362.25, while...
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