THE year 1921 was one of phenomenally fine weather. A very mild winter was followed by a summer of drought and an autumn almost without gales. In fact, there was no really severe weather until Christmas. The year then went out in storms, and...
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Portpatrick: Mrs Milligan. the honorar curator, mans a souvenir stall very popular with holidaymakers who visit the museum housed in the old lifeboat house.. - View image in PDF
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Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED IN 1824.—SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY...
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THURSDAY, 5th January, 1882.
EDWARD BIRKBECK, Esq., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.
He expressed his high appreciation of the honour the Committee had conferred on him in electing him Deputy-Chairman of the...
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BALLANTRAE, N.B.—On the application of the local residents, a Life-boat station has been established at Ballantrae, a small village on the coast of Ayrshire, where Shipwrecks occasionally take place—three having occurred there, with loss of...
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For which Rewards were given at the February and March Meetings of the Committee of Management.
February Meeting.
F~ Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — On the morning of the 8th January the fishing boat...
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Lord Killanin (left), president of the Olympic Games, who is a member of the Committee of Management of the R.N.L.I., and Dr. Crochie, president of the International Yachtsmen's Union, talk to Commander Leslie Hill, of the R.N.L.I., and... - View image in PDF
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Sir Alec Rose, like the true sailor he is, has spoken with reverence of the power of the sea: 'No one knows the sea, which is a great leveller that soon cuts the big-headed sailor down to size. In the tremendous gales I have experienced... - View image in PDF
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JULY 16TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE.
At 12.25 in the afternoon the Banff coastguard telephoned that a small rowing and sailing boat appeared to be in difficulties about one mile north-north-east of Banff. A fresh south-east...