BIDEFORD or Barnstaple Bay lies on the north coast of Devonshire, just within Luudy Island at the entrance of the Bristol Channel.
From the high projecting cliffs of Hartland Point, which rise 330 feet above the sea, a...
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Hoylake, Cheshire. At 12.10 on the afternoon of the 14th of August, 1959.
the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties four miles north of Hilbre Island. Further messages re-...
Margate, Kent. At 11.6 on the morning of the 22nd October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a yacht was in difficulties a mile east of Queen's buoy, and that the motor vessel Miletence was standing by unnl the...
THIRD MAN RESCUED FROM SAILING DINGHY Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 10th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing boat had capsized off Coopers Beach, East Mersea, and that two...
PORT ERROL.—On the night of the 24th February, while a gale of wind was blowing from S.E. to S. and a heavy surf was breaking on the beach, the schooner Perle, of Dunkirk, was driven ashore on the sands at Cruden Bay. The Life-boat Frances...
(Honorary Secretary, Cullercoats) EVERYWHERE in north-east England, and far beyond, "Bella, the Life-boat Lady "is known. Mrs. Bella Mattison is the nationally known character who epitomises the wives of fishermen everywhere, and...
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WE have, in previous Numbers of this Journal, advocated the use of life-belts, both on shipboard and in boats, especially in life- boats; and we have recommended the ac- quirement of the art of swimming by every one. As we think the subject...
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DE C . 8 T H . - TORBAY, DEVON. At 9 A.M. a message was received that the motor fishing boat John Bull, of Torquay, which had gone to sea the previous morning, had not returned. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing with a rough sea. At 9.45 A.M....
Main photo (left) Ref 639380 Detailed photo (below) Ref 633387. - View image in PDF
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