LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Margaret Anne, of Preston
On the 9th February the schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston, laden with coals, was driven ashore north of the harbour of Skerries, in a heavy easterly gale. The Skerries life-boat imme- tliately proceeded to her aid, and took off her crew,...
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DEC. 3RD. - RAMSGATE, KENT. Flares had been reported by the coastguard, but nothing could he found. - Rewards, £7 16s. 6d..
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JUNE 20TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
Flares had been reported, probably from an aeroplane, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £14 0s. 6d..
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NOVEMBER 14TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE. Airmen from a crashed bombing aeroplane had landed on a sandbank, but were rescued by another vessel before the life-boat arrived. - Rewards, £15 16s.
Fishing Cobles and A Parachute (1)
FEBRUARY 7TH. - FILEY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The Filey motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 1.10 in the afternoon to stand by the local fishing cobles as a strong south-west wind was blowing and the sea was rough. When the...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
CAISTER, NORFOLK. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION replaced, in October last, its life-boat on this station by a new boat, the old one having become thoroughly worn out, and unfit for further service. The latter life-boat has rendered...
Category: Articles
Well Dressing Is An Old Custom In Derbyshire and Here Is a Magnificent Example of the Art Created at Holymoorside Last August Usually Well Dressings Have a Religious Theme But Last Year Chest
Well dressing is an old custom in Derbyshire and here is a magnificent example of the art, created at Holymoorside last August.
Usually well dressings have a religious theme but last year Chesterfield and District branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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AUGUST 20TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET.
A barrage balloon had gone adrift, but efforts to capture it were unsuccessful, and it was destroyed by fire from a patrol boat. - Rewards, £14 2s..
New Life-Boats
PORT LOGAN, WIGTOWNSHIRE.—It will be remembered that in the number of the Life-Boat Journal issued in Novem- ber last it was mentioned that the boat on this station had been replaced by a new Life-boat of the latest self-righting type...
Category: Inaugurations
A Hundred Years Ago
IT was mentioned in last year's Report that four life-boats, on the most recent construction, were building, and were about to be stationed on the coast of Northumberland; these boats, by the courtesy of the Lords Commissioners of the...
Category: Articles