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Gifts from Crews

THE Institution has received the following gifts from its Crews : — On 23rd July, 1925, the Life-boat at Boulmer, Northumberland, went out to the s.s. Sojourner, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, which had gone ashore in a dense fog.

With the help of the Life-boat the steamer was got afloat, and out of the money awarded them for salvage the Boulmer Crew have made a donation of £10 to the Institution.On 15th November, 1925, the Life-boat at Sheringham, Norfolk, helped to refloat the four-masted motor schooner Ingeborg, of Helsingborg, Sweden, and stood by her until she was taken safely into Yarmouth.

Out of the money awarded them for salvage the Sheringham Crew have made a donation of £2 12s. to the Institution..