LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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PATIENT TO HOSPITAL At i p.m. on 19th December, 1965, the local doctor asked for a woman patient to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment. The life-boat Mary Stanford^ on temporary duty at the station, set out at i .45 in a light...
Sandi’s shores
One of the first questions to spring to mind meeting comedian, TV and radio presenter, actor, adventurer, author, playwright and journalist Sandi Toksvig is whether there’s anything she’s not good at. ‘Oh, I’m rubbish at so many things –...
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Cogswell & Harrison Ltd
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Cleghorn Waring & Co (Pumps) Ltd
"Who keeps pp m T ",SILB " •• w. -—- — bronze pumps If you have a circulating pump problem, get in touch with Cleghorn Waring. Their technical advice service is second to none, with 20 years experience of Jabsco to draw on....
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William Frothingham, of New York
Signals of distress were exhibited by a large full-rigged ship about two miles and a half to the north- ward of this place, on the 22nd of Octo- ber, whereupon the Benjamin Bond Gabbell life-boat was launched, and proceeded to the vessel,...
A Vessel (7)
APRIL 18TH - ANGLE, PEMBROKESHIRE.
A vessel was reported to have been bombed and set on fire by enemy aeroplanes, but nothing could be found. - Reward £11 9s..
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SCRATBY, NORFOLK.—It is with much gratification that we are enabled to inform our readers of a second life-boat being provided in a dangerous locality, through the public spirit, humanity, and enterprise of the coast-boatmen themselves. When...
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The Portrush Fishing Boat No. 95
FEBRUARY 1ST. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.
Just before mid-day the coastguard reported a fishing boat three miles northnorth- east of Ramore Head, lying broadside on to the seas and apparently in...
A Steamer (1)
JANUARY 19TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An unknown steamer had been bombed by enemy aeroplanes and set on fire, but her crew were rescued by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £26 18s..
Neutrino
Salcombe, Devon - At 10.35 a.m.
on I2th June, 1966, concern was felt for the crew of two of a yacht anchored at Hallsands. There was a moderate easterly breeze with a calm sea. It was two hours before high water. The...