LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

PORT ISAAC and PADSTOW, CORNWALL.

—Oa the morning of the 2ad January a barque, which proved to be the Antoinette, of St. John, New Brunswick, bound from Newport for Santos with coals, was observed about eight miles distant...

EastEnders actor Steve McFadden, known to millions as Phil Mitchell, swam a mile across open water on 31 May to support the RNLI. He joined 38 other swimmers to cross the River Fal in Cornwall and finished in an impressive 46...

On the 6th Januaty the brig Arefhuaa, of Myth, wfcnt ashore on the Gross Sand, near Grest Yarmouth. The Caister life-boat was immediately launched, and proceeded, under sail, to the rescue of her Crew, eight in number, whom she suc- ceeded...

On the 5th October, flares were shown by the barque Toivo, of Nagu, bound from Uleaborg for London, which had grounded on the North Sand in a strong S. by W. breeze and a rough sea. Eight of the'Life-boat men went on board the vessel and...

On the 28th December this life-boat again went off, in reply to signals of distress from a vessel which was observed to stop in her course near the shoal of the Barber Sand.

On the -life-boat arriving alongside, the vessel...

"Tis a terrible night, and the seas run mountains high, The wind is howling fiercely, with a dark and sullen sky; Eyes are aching and blinded with the driving sleet and rain, And thoughts turn to those who are going out, who may never...

WHILE this Institution is endeavouring to supply our coasts with ample means for saving life on occasions of accident at sea, and whilst our sister institution, " The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent...

On the 23rd February, the ship Omega, of Newcastle, was stranded on the Cockle Sand, on the Norfolk coast, during a gale of wind. She afterwards drifted, and sankabout fourteen miles S.E. of Lowestoft.

The Yarmouth and...