THE LIFE-BOAT. JOURNAL OF THE IRo^al ftatfonal %ffe*Boat Jnstftutton, (ISSUED QUARTERLY.) VOL. XXI.—No. 241.] IST AUGUST, 1911. [PRICE 3d. ANOTHER MOTOR LIFE-BOAT FLOTILLA. IN the issue of this Journal for August, 1909, the adventures of a Life-boat flotilla on the voyage from London to the distant Orkneys were described. Almost precisely two years afterwards another such flotilla, also consisting of three boats, left London for the North. These boats were the Henry Vernon, for Tynemouth, a self-righting boat 40 feet long and 10 feet 6 inches in beam, having a Tylor petrol motor of 40 horse-power, capable of being run at 700 revolutions; the Elliot Galer and Helen Smitton, sister boats, for Seaham Harbour in County Durham, and St. Abbs in Berwickshire respectively, boats of the "Watson" type, 38 feet long and 10 feet in beam, with 34 horse-power Wolseley engines, also capable of 700 revolutions at full speed. In each of these cases the type and size of boat, as well as all the details of her equipment, were selected by her crews, the Institution considering that the men who man the boats should always have this choice. All three boats were built by the Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd. Readers will probably not have for- gotten the snow-storm which swept over this country on the morning of the 5th of April last, turning the promise of spring to a scene of midwinter. It was in the height of this blizzard that the three boats left the East India Dock, and 'steering down the Thames, met the full onslaught of the easterly gale. The experience was a trying one for all, as the driving snow made it impossible for the helmsmen to discern either river bank, nor could they see more than a boat's length ahead of them. As the estuary broadened out, the boats began to feel the weight of the sea, and off Sheerness the officer in command felt that it would be futile to continue the passage, and the boats put into that port for the night. On the 6th the gale was unabated, and they remained securely in harbour; but on the next day they reached Harwich, and here during the ensuing week the "sea trials " took place. These proving very satisfactory, arrangements were made to start for the North immediately after Easter. On the 18th of April the crews arrived at Harwich from their respective stations, each boat having a Coxswain and four men, and in addition a mechanic. On the 19th of April the boats began their voyage. Leaving Harwich with a strong southerly breeze on the bow, on reaching the Landguard Buoy they bore up, and, hoisting jib and foresail, steered along the Suffolk coast through the Covehithe Channel, and reached Gorleston at 6 P.M., securing for the night near the Life-boat House. A great part of the following day— VOL XXI.—No. 241.—LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL. 2
IN the issue of this Journal for August,1909, the adventures of a Life-boatflotilla on the voyage from London tothe distant Orkneys were described.Almost precisely two years afterwardsanother such flotilla, also consisting ofthree boats, left London for the North.These boats were the Henry Vernon, forTynemouth, a self-righting boat 40 feetlong and 10 feet 6 inches in beam,having a Tylor petrol motor of 40horse-power, capable of being run at700 revolutions; the Elliot Galer andHelen Smitton, sister boats, for SeahamHarbour in County Durham, and St.Abbs in Berwickshire respectively,boats of the "Watson" type, 38 feetlong and 10 feet in beam, with 34horse-power Wolseley engines, alsocapable of 700 revolutions at full speed.In each of these cases the type and sizeof boat, as well as all the details of herequipment, were selected by her crews,the Institution considering that the menwho man the boats should always havethis choice. All three boats were builtby the Thames Ironworks, Shipbuildingand Engineering Co., Ltd.
Readers will probably not have for-gotten the snow-storm which swept overthis country on the morning of the 5thof April last, turning the promise ofspring to a scene of midwinter. It wasin the height of this blizzard that thethree boats left the East India Dock,
and 'steering down the Thames, met thefull onslaught of the easterly gale. Theexperience was a trying one for all, asthe driving snow made it impossible forthe helmsmen to discern either riverbank, nor could they see more than aboat's length ahead of them. As theestuary broadened out, the boats beganto feel the weight of the sea, and offSheerness the officer in command feltthat it would be futile to continue thepassage, and the boats put into thatport for the night. On the 6th thegale was unabated, and they remainedsecurely in harbour; but on the nextday they reached Harwich, and hereduring the ensuing week the "seatrials " took place. These proving verysatisfactory, arrangements were madeto start for the North immediatelyafter Easter.
On the 18th of April the crewsarrived at Harwich from their respectivestations, each boat having a Coxswainand four men, and in addition amechanic. On the 19th of April theboats began their voyage. LeavingHarwich with a strong southerly breezeon the bow, on reaching the LandguardBuoy they bore up, and, hoisting jib andforesail, steered along the Suffolk coastthrough the Covehithe Channel, andreached Gorleston at 6 P.M., securingfor the night near the Life-boat House.
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Thursday, the 20th of April—was spentin a heart-breaking attempt to get theSeaham boat's engine to start. Everypossible thing was tried by the variousmechanics, ably assisted by Mr. Addison-Williamson, the Chairman of the Gor-leston Life-boat Committee, who placedhis time, his workshop, and his greatexperience of motor engines, at theirdisposal. At 6 P.M. the crews, wearyof waiting, were about to make arrange-ments to spend another night at Gorles-ton,when the welcome buzz of the enginesfell on their ears. A few minutes after-wards the boats were making their wayout of Yarmouth Haven.
A gentle off-shore breeze, not strongenough to fill the sails, met them as theyskirted the low-lying Norfolk shore, theremaining hour or so of daylight en-abling them to clear the various shoalsclose to this coast. Soon after passingHasboro' Light they drew off the land,and, setting a course across the Wash,passed close to the Sheringham Buoy,whose tall staff and triangle were dimlydiscernible in the dusk. Soon afterthis the night, which had hitherto beenbrilliantly fine, with every star showing,began to cloud over; the wind backedtowards the southward and came inlittle squalls which increased in force,and by two o'clock in the morning ofthe 21st it was blowing a fresh galefrom the S.S.W., with a heavy followingsea which caused the boats to yaw con-siderably, and made steering a matterof some difficulty. The rain fell intorrents, and the continual wash of thewater in the boats did not add to thecomfort of the crews.
Dawn broke shortly after four o'clock,and the opportunity was taken to re-plenish the petrol tanks from the deckcargo, an operation which can be per-formed in these new boats withoutstopping the engines, a matter of greatconvenience. The crew, who by thistime were thoroughly wet and cold, gotsuch comfort as they could from a coldmeal; cooking, it may be mentioned,
being quite impossible under the circum-stances, even if it were safe to allow itin a motor-boat. At ten o'clock, how-ever, their hearts were cheered by thelook-out man's cry of " Land ahead !"And very soon all could make out thenoble outline of Flamborough Head,from time immemorial a beacon to themariner by day and, as its name implies,by night. Rounding it by about eleveno'clock, the boats hauled their wind,and with sheets aft and drop-keels downwere just able to steer a course toweather Filey Brig. After passing thisthe gleaming crescents of Scarboroughshowed up ahead, and by one o'clockthey had berthed alongside the Pier,and the crews dispersed to seek dryclothes and a hot meal, both very wel-come after eighteen and a half hours'continuous " running," which, albeit insome ways a trying experience, had, inthe opinion of all, served to show theseaworthiness and weatherly quality ofthe boats.
At seven o'clock precisely on themorning of the 22nd of April the boatsleft Scarborough Harbour for what wasfor two of them the last day of thevoyage. Setting sail to a moderategale from the S.S.W., they ran withina cable's length of the magnificent suc-cession of bold headlands which formthe coast of the North Riding. Closeto the foot of noble Ravenscaur, andacross the broad bight of Robin Hood'sBay, with the rei roofs of its villagetumbling to the sea; under " highWhitby's cloister'd pile "—the splendidruins of Hilda's Abbey ; by beautifulRunswick Bay, beloved of artists, androck-girt Staithes, whence no fishermangoes out with any certainty of beachinghis boat there that night ; by the 600sheer feet of Boulby Cliff; past thesmoking furnaces of Cleveland and thecollieries of Durham, the two boatscame to their destinations; the ElliotGaler reaching Seaham Harbour at twoo'clock, and the Henry Vernon enteringthe Tyne shortly after three. The
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Helen Smitten also reached the Tynethat day, and, remaining there theSunday, got as far as Berwiok-on-Tweedby the evening of Monday, 24th, and leftit next morning for her final voyage.
The arrival of the boats, which hadbeen for such old-established Life-boatstations as Seaham and Tynemouthmerely events of great interest, assumedan altogether different importance forthe little fishing village of St. Abbs, thewhole of whose inhabitants turned outon the 25th April to welcome their firstLife-boat. As they waited and watchedon that bright spring morning thethoughts of most must have surely goneback to that tragic night of waiting andwatching when they strained their eyesto see the dim outline of a doomedvessel, until morning broke and theylearnt that of the ship there was nothingleft but stranded wreckage and floatingcargo, of the life on board her only awounded dog, which by some miraclehad survived the buffeting of the wavesand reached the shore.
This sad wreck of the steamshipAlfred Erlan&sen with the loss of herwhole crew was the immediate cause of theestablishment of this Life-boat station,the people of St. Abbs having determinedthat never again should such a catastropheoccur without their having the means athand for them to attempt to save life.
I Thus three more motor boats have| been added to the Life-boat Fleet, threej boats on which the Institution is un-doubtedly to be congratulated; goodsea boats and fast sailers (an importantfact when it is remembered that in allcases the motor is an auxiliary, and theboat contains all that is necessary forservice entirely independent of it).Moreover the engines themselves provedvery satisfactory, for, except for thebreakdown at Gorleston (which is notlikely to occur again) they gave butlittle trouble and worked smoothly andwell throughout, including the rathersevere ordeal of an eighteen hours' con-tinuous run.
These boats bring the complement ofmotor Life-boats in the service of theInstitution up to thirteen. Four moreare now building, and still more willdoubtless be laid down in the nearfuture; the principle of motor propul-sion in Life-boats having now been,firmly established as a sound one. Itis consoling to those who see the dis-coveries of modern science, too often,alas ! directed towards forging instru-ments of death, to know that in this caseat any rate they are applied to the noblework of saving life, and to feel that theinvention which has made the sub-marine possible has also produced themotor Life-boat.
VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO NEWQTJAY, CORNWALL.FOE the second time within two yearsNewquay has been fortunate enough toreceive a Royal visit, and has thus beenthe means of illustrating the deep interesttaken by our kingly Patron in thenational service which it is the privilegeof the Institution to carry on. InMarch the Prince of Wales and PrinceAlbert were sent to Newquay to recoverin the beautiful air of that health-givingspot from the after-effects of .an attackof measles. Although the visit was ofpurely a private character, needless tosay that the inhabitants of Newquaydetermined to do their best to make thestay of their distinguished visitors as
interesting and pleasant as possible.Of course our good friends, the Com-mittee of the Newquay Branch, at onceoffered to provide the spectacle of alaunch of the Life-boat, a functionwhich is more than usually interestingat this Station owing to the length ofthe steep incline of the slipway downwhich the boat rushes to the sea, as ifeager to go on her errand of mercy.Nor was it surprising that the sailorson of our sailor King acceptedthe offer with alacrity, and arrange-ments were at once made to have thelaunch on March 16th. Unfortunately,this being the date of the Annual
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General Meeting of the Institution inLondon, it was impossible for the Com-mittee, the Secretary, or the ChiefInspector to be present to do honour tothe Princely visitor. Everything was,however, admirably managed by Lieut.Drury, the District Inspector for theWestern District, who attended as therepresentative of the Institution, andMr. H. A. Hawkey, the excellent andindefatigable Hon. Secretary of theBranch, assisted by Mr. W. J. M.Hawkey, and ably supported by theCoxswain, J. H. Gill, and the crew.The two Princes, who were accom-panied by their tutor, Mr. Hansell, firstmade a thorough inspection of the boatand boat-house under the guidance ofthe District Inspector, having everydetail of the work carefully explainedto them. The rockets were then fired, thedoors of the house were thrown open, andthe boat emerged, borne on her carriage,with the young Princes, Mr. Hansell,and Lieut. Drury standing up, a sightwhich was the signal for an outburst ofcheering on the part of the enthusiasticcrowd which had assembled to witnessthe launch. The Prince of Wales andhis brother would dearly have liked togo down the slipway in the boat, but, inview of their recent illness, it was notthought wise to expose them to theinevitable ducking which the crew getas the boat enters the water. Accord-ingly the Princes witnessed the launchfrom the Committee-room at the top ofthe boat-house. At the words " let go "the good boat James Stevens sped on
tier way down the slipway, with hercrew of thirteen men aboard, gatheringmomentum as she flew til], amid thebreathless excitement of the crowd, sheplunged into the sea, throwing up amountain of spray'in which she was lostto sight.
The whole function was most success-ful, being a repetition of the ceremonywhich took place on the occasion of thevisit of their Majesties the King andQueen as Prince and Princess of Walesin June, 1909, when the Deputy-Chair-man, Sir John Cameron Lamb, receivedthem on behalf of the Institution.
The Princes expressed themselves asdelighted with all they had seen, andhaving accepted copies of Sir J. Lamb'snew book, "The Life-boat and its Work,"they thanked all those who had arrangedthe function, and gave a donation of£5 for the crew. They further markedtheir interest in the Life-boat by comingout of their hotel later on to watch thereturn of the boat on her carriage,drawn by eight powerful horses.
Altogether it was a most auspiciousand memorable occasion, and the Com-mittee, the Coxswains and crew of theNewquay Branch must feel immenselyencouraged in their efforts to maintainthe Station at the highest standard ofefficiency; while the Institution feelshonoured by the forging of one morelink in the chain of sympathy whichbinds its Royal Patrons to a work whichso well embodies the courage and kind-liness which are the best characteristicsof our sea-faring race.
PRESENTATION OF A GOLD MEDAL.
THE Gold Medal of the ROYAL NATIONALLIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, which is a much-coveted distinction, only bestowed fordeeds of exceptional valour, was awardedin April to the REVERKND JOHN M.O'SHEA, parish priest of Ardmore, Co.Waterford, who, with others, made anoble attempt to save the crew of theill-fated schooner Teaser, of Montrose.
During a terrific south-easterly gale—the most terrible that had been ex-perienced on that coast for many years—the schooner was driven ashore nearArdmore Bay. Attempts were promptly
made to summon the nearest Life-boat,but owing to the storm the telephoniccommunication failed, and by the timethe boat reached the scene all that waspossible had been done by a gallantband of men at Ardmore. As soon asthe Coastguard observed the vessel therocket apparatus was despatched to thenearest spot. The Coastguards, withskill, succeeded in throwing rocket linesover the wrecked vessel. The crew were,however, so exhausted by exposure andso numbed with cold that they could notmake use of the lines. Seeing that the
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unfortunate men were unable to helpthemselves, Petty Officer RICHARDBARRY and Ooastguardman ALEXANDERNEAL, regardless of the danger whichthey ran, plunged into the sea andattempted to swim to the vessel, butthe heavy seas were too much for them,and they were beaten back to the shore.
It was then that FATHER O'SnEA,seeing that their efforts were unavailing,remembered that there was a fisherman'sopen boat nearly a mile away. Hegathered a willing band of volunteers,who with him went for the boat, and bydint of great exertions they got it to thescene of the wreck. Then these bravemen, which included Barry and Neal,entered the boat, and at very great risk•—the risk on one hand of the heavy searunning and the rocks, and on theother of being dashed against the ship—they succeeded in boarding the Teaser.Two of the crew were, however, beyondall aid, and the other man succumbedsoon afterwards in spite of everythingpossible being done for him, both onboard the -wreck and later " ashore.Whilst the men were on board Coast-guardman Neal collapsed from ex-haustion, and artificial respiration hadto be used to restore him.
The efforts made on this occasionwere characterised by exceptionalcourage, and the Committee of theInstitution were satisfied that thegallant and continued attempts atrescue were due to the noble example andinitiative displayed by Father O'Shea.They therefore decided to award himthe Gold Medal of the Institution anda copy of the Vote of Thanks on vellum.
They also granted the followingawards—
To RICHARD BARRY, Petty OfficerCoastguard, and to ALEXANDER NEAL,Leading Boatman Coastguard, whoattempted to swim off to the vessel, andafterwards boarded her at great risk,the Silver Medal and 51. each and acopy of the Vote of Thanks on vellum.
To Mr. WILLIAM HARRIS, who boardedthe vessel at great risk, a binocularglass and a copy of the Vote of Thankson vellum.
To Constable LAWTON, R.I.C.,who alsoboarded the wreck at great risk, 5Z. anda copy of the Vote of Thanks on vellum.
ToPATPowER,CoN. O'BRIEN and JOHNO'BRIEN, who went out in the boat butdid not board the wreck, 11. 10s. each.
When the decision of the Committeeof Management was made known, theLord Lieutenant of Ireland, LORDABERDEEN, very kindly consented topresent the various rewards.
Arrangements were made for themen to travel to Dublin, and at Balls-bridge, where an exhibition was inprogress, his Excellency, accompaniedby Lady Aberdeen, made the pre-sentation in the presence of manyhundreds of people.
His Excellency, who was cordiallyreceived, said they had met there thatday to render honour where honour wasmost assuredly due. To celebrate adeed of valour and heroism was some-thing worthy in itself, and beneficial notonly to those to whom homage was offered,but also to those who took part in suchproceedings. The story of the eventwhich had brought them there hadalready been narrated, but they couldnot too often be reminded of thesplendid achievement and the nobleefforts which they were there tocommemorate and to acclaim. Thatdeed furnished a noble example. Butthey must remember that such deedsmeant more than courage and deter-mination at the moment. They meantthat there was the quality and theattitude of the brain, and the goodprinciples of life which were tested intime of emergency. These men werenot found wanting, but covered them-selves with glory and distinction.Those brave rescuers had already beenhonoured by the King, but they whowere assembled there that day werebehind none in the heartiness withwhich they saluted them and askedthem to accept the tokens offered by theROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTIONas a lasting memento of the feelings ofappreciation and grateful thanks for theexample and the encouragement givento all those present, who would bestimulated by the admirable conduct ofthese men. (Applause.)
His Excellency then presented theawards, and her Excellency pinned themedals on the breasts of the recipients.
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expressed deep gratitude on behalf of him-self and his companions, and paid a hightribute to the men who had assisted him,Lieutenant W. G. RIGG, R.N., as repre-
sentative of the Institution, cordiallythanked Lord and Lady Aberdeenfor their kindness, and the ceremonyterminated.
THE SUMNER LIFE-BOAT BRIGADE.
WE feel sure that our readers willbe interested in the illustration of theSumner Life-boat and her crew, whichwe have received " with their compli-ments and good wishes." For someyears past the Institution has been infriendly communication with the Hon.Secretary of this station, Mr. ArthurCuddy, who takes the warmest interestin our doings " in the old Homeland,"as New Zealanders always like to thinkof Britain. Sumner is a little posttown on South Island, Selwyn County,New Zealand, about eight miles fromChristchurch, and five, by road, fromPort Lyttelton. The coast is veryrocky and dangerous, and the Rescue,which is manned by a crew of thirteen,
including the Captain and the Hon.Secretary, has been the means of savingmany lives. It has been a great pleasureto be able to give our friends in NewZealand the fullest information aboutthe working of the Life-boat servicehere at home. For although the Hon.Secretary speaks with great modesty oftheir doings, as compared with " theLife-boatmen of England," anyone canrecognise in the fine fellows who formthe crew of the Rescue the same sturdyphysique, and the look of keenness and" readiness " which we are accustomed tosee incur own crews. The Sumner Captain,Hon. Secretary and crew may feel assuredof the warm sympathy of all supportersof the Life-boat cause here at home.
NEW LIFE-BOATS.
A NEW Life-boat Station has beenformed at St. Abbs (Berwickshire),the Life-boat being of the Watson type,38 ft. by 10 ft., with motor installation.
The Life-boats at the followingStations have recently been replacedby new Boats, fitted with the latestimprovements:—
Size of Type ofStation. Life-boat. Life-boat.
ft. ft. ins.Appledore No. 1 35 by 8 6 Self-righting.Kirkcudbright 35 „ 8 10 Self - righting
SERVICES OF THE LIFE-BOATS OF THE ROYAL NATIONALLIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
BEIDLINGTON QUAY, YORKSHIRE. —•On 3rd January the Life-boat Georgeand Jane Walker was called out to theassistance of two sailing vessels whichhad been towed into the bay and leftat anchor. During the night the windchanged into the E.S.E. and blew agale, which brought up a heavy sea.
The vessels were on a lee shore, andat 5 A.M. the brigantine Scotia, ofFolkestone, made a signal of distress,and the Life-boat rescued the crew ofseven hands. A signal was also shownby the lighter, Annie, of Middlesboro',but on the arrival of the Life-boat themaster decided not to leave his vessel.
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One of the crew wished to be landed.He was, therefore, taken into the Life-boat and brought ashore.
NORTH SUNDEELAND, NORTHUMBER-LAND.—When four of the fishing cobleswere out fishing on the 5th January thesea became heavy, and the danger flag,intimating that it was not safe forthem to enter the harbour, was hoisted.Shortly after one o'clock it was seenthat the cobles were making for theHarbour, and it was deemed expedientto launch the Life-boat Forster Fawsett.The crew were assembled and the boatlaunched. She stood by each boat asshe came in, and although the boatsentered safely, the necessity for theLife - boat being in attendance wasshown when one coble was nearlycapsized by four successive heavy seas.
POET PATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. - —During a moderate S.S.W. gale on the5th January, a report was receivedthat the fishing-boat Marys, belongingto Ballantrae, which was expected backat Port Patrick by mid-day, had notreturned. The weather at the time wasthreatening and the wind and tide wereagainst the boat. Enquiry was madeat Killintringan Light - house as towhether they could give any informa-tion about the missing boat, and inreply they stated that the boat wasabout a mile to the N.W. of the Light-house, and that the men appeared to bein an exhausted condition. The Life-boat Civil Service No. 3 was promptlydespatched to their assistance, and onreaching the boat took the men onboard and the boat in tow. The rescuewas a timely one, as the men were veryexhausted. When returning to portthe Marys was swamped ; it was there-fore necessary to cut her adrift, and shewas lost with all her gear and fish.
SKATERAW, HADDINGTONSHIRE.—Theschooner Andromeda, of Riga, boundfrom London to Bo'ness, with a cargo ofscrap iron, stranded in the vicinity ofThorntonloch, on the 6th January. TheLife-boat, Sarah Kay and the rocketapparatus were quickly on the scene ofthe wreck. The Life-boat rescued threeof the men, whilst the rocket apparatus
| saved the other four. A fierce S.E. galeI was blowing, accompanied by torrents! of rain, and the heavy sea on the reefI of rocks, on which the vessel stranded,caused her to bump so heavily that shewent to pieces within a few hours.
ST. AGNES, SCILLY.—The sailing shipArdencraig, of Glasgow, foundered offScilly during the afternoon of 8thJanuary. Distress signals were heardfrom the Bishop Light-house, and the St.Agnes Life-boat, Charles Deere James,and St. Mary's Life-boats launched.There was a thick fog at the time, butabout half an hour afterwards the fogcleared and a large ship was seen inBroad Sound. She had apparentlybeen ashore, but was then drifting ina sinking condition. The crew ofthirty-one hands had taken to the ship'sboats. Eight of these men were takeninto the Life-boat from one boat. ALife-boatman was put into another boatcontaining seven of the wrecked men,and the boat was taken in tow. It wastoo dangerous to attempt to board thevessel, but at the request of the masterthe boats stood by the vessel. Afterwatching her for about an hour shesuddenly rolled over and foundered, the jcargo and all the crew's belongings being ilost. The Ardencraig, which was a shipof nearly 2,000 tons, was homewardbound from Melbourne with wheat, andwhen she ran on to the rocks in the fogthe master was under the impressionhe was quite 20 miles off Scilly. Theservices of the St. Mary's Life-boatwere not required, as the remainder ofthe ship's crew were rescued by theLight-house relief boat.
HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. — A wholeN.N.E. gale swept the Irish Channelon llth January, accompanied by veryheavy seas. About half-past eighto'clock the steam Life-boat Duke ofNorthumberland was called out in re-sponse to signals of distress, and thelife-saving apparatus was also requisi-tioned.
The steamer Bushmills, belonging toDublin, had dragged her anchors in theinner harbour, and drifted in the direc-tion of Penrhos beach, which is oneof the most dangerous places on theAnglesey coast. In a very short time
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she was on the rocks. When the Life-boat reached the vessel the Coxswainfound the crew in readiness to leaveher, and anxious to do so. Eighteen ofthe men were at once taken into theLife-boat, but the captain, chief officer,and second officer refused to leave theirvessel. The Coxswain warned them oftheir danger, in view of the violence ofthe gale, but it was of no avail; theLife-boat, therefore, returned to harbourwith the rescued men. Shortly beforemidnight the positioa of the three menon board became untenable, and signalsof distress were made. The steam Life-boat again proceeded to sea, and withconsiderable difficulty, not unaccom-panied with danger, succeeded in savingthe men. The storm had increased inviolence, and the tide was lower; owingto the shallowness of the water therewas a terrible sea running, which madea clean breach over the ship.
ARKLOW, Co. WJCKLOW.—At 9 o'clockin the evening* of the 11 th January,when a whole gale was blowing, it wasreported that some of the fishing-hoatswere at sea in a helpless condition withtheir sails blown away. Steps were takento verify the report, and it was seen thattwo smacks were at anchor about halfa mile from the shore. As far as couldbe seen by the moonlight they appearedto be shipping a great deal of water.The crew of the Life-boat Frances andCharlotte were assembled, and the boatlaunched. Heavy seas were met whencrossing the bar under oars, but as soonas the boat was outside she had a fairwind, and quickly reached the disabledcrafts, which were the Lizzie and Daisy.The eight men on board were rescuedwithout delay, and the Life-boat com-menced her return journey. A veryrough time was experienced by the crewwhen beating up against the wind andtide, as heavy seas washed the boatcontinuously, and it was 3 o'clock inthe morning before the Life-boat reachedher station.
COUBTOWN, WEXFORD.—At 10.10 P.M.on the llth January the Coastguardreported that two of the fishing-boatsbelonging to Arklow were off CourtownHarbour in need of assistance owin"' to
the whole N.E. gale causing a very heavysea, which endangered the lives of thecrews. The Life-boat Eobert Fifz-Stephens was launched very promptlyand saved four men from the boat
I Morning Star and four others from the' St. Joseph. One boat became a completewreck, but fortunately no lives were lost.
ST. IVES, COIWWAU,.—At 10.30 P.M.on the llth January one of the localtrawlers named the Ripple was seen tobe in difficulties off Porthminster owingto the wind having suddenly veered tonorthward and carried away her mizenmast. Noticing that a gale was comingon and that the sea was getting heavier,it was decided to send the Life-boatJames Stevens No. 10 to the vessel'sassistance. After some little troublethe Life-boat was launched and pro-ceeded to the Ripple, but before theycould reach her the crew of the trawlerhad got their craft under way, and vrasbeating out under her foresail. The Life-boat however proceeded, and on reach-ing the lugger assisted her into harbour.
GOELESTON, SUFFOLK. — During awhole N.N.E. gale with a very heavysea on the morning of the 12th Januarythe St. Nicholas Light-vessel commencedto fire signals of distress. The crew ofthe No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane werepromptly assembled and at 7 A.M. theboat was launched. When abreast theNorth Bay flares were seen burning tothe southward and the Life-boat's coursein tow of a tug was shaped accordingly.When nearing the vessel the Life-boat's
1 anchor was let go, but owing to the' violence of the wind and sea the cable! carried away and the boat was driveni to leeward. She was towed back again, to the vessel and the crew o£ four hands
I were eventually saved, just as their•• vessel struck the outer bank. The| vessel was the schooner Volant, of Goole.She was at the time bound from Londonto Hull with a cargo of loam, but shewas totally wrecked.
FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIEE. — TheN.N.E. gale of the 12th January blewwith unusual violence at Fishguard, andat 6.30 A.M. signals of distress weremade by the s.s. Dynamo, of Hull, in
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the bay. The Life-boat Charterhousewas launched, but she was delayed forsome little time in proceeding to thesteamer, owing to the motor, withwhich she is fitted, failing to start.Finding that the motor would not work,a tug belonging to the Great WesternRailway Company took the boat in tow.They found that the vessel had lostboth her anchors, and they brought thevessel and her crew of fourteen handsinto safety. The Coxswain of the Life-boat was then, informed that a schooner,which subsequently turned out to bethe Lizzie Edith, of Truro, bound fromRuncorn to Truro with coal, was makingsignals. He at once went to her as-sistance, and rescued the crew of fourmen and landed them at the quay at10.40 A.M. The schooner was draggingher anchors, and, very shortly afterthe crew were taken off she was swampedand sank, becoming a total wreck. Thegale and very heavy sea continuedthroughout the day, and at 3 P.M.further distress signals were observedfrom the schooner Agnes Craig, ofChester, at anchor in the bay. TheLife-boat, which was still afloat, wasat once manned, and proceeded undermotor power—the motor now workingsplendidly—to the schooner. The crewwished to be landed before darknessset in, and they were taken into theboat. When leaving the schooner, theLife-boat was hailed by the crew of theketch Democrat, of Barnstaple, whichwas also at anchor in the bay, and hercrew, of three hands, were also takeninto the boat. She then returned toland, taking off two men from thehopper barge Fishgnard on the way.The three crews, ten men all toW, werelanded at 4 P.M. By a strange coin-cidence, the Democrat was the vessel towhose assistance the St. David's Life-boat had put off, when she met with sosad and disastrous an accident on the13th October, 1910.
NORTH DEAL, KENT.—During a wholeN.E. by N. gale on the 12th Januaryan exciting scene was witnessed on thebeach at North Deal. At about 7o'clock flares were observed from asinking vessel, which had been in col-lision and was then lying less than a mile
from the shore. A tug went to herassistance, but could not get a hawseraboard owing to the rough weather.The North Deal Life-boat, CharlesDibdin, was launched from the beach,but despite the desperate exertions ofthe crew and those on shore, the moun-tainous seas washed completely over theLife-boat, and finally knocked her broad-side on the foreshore. After a mostexciting scene, she was successfully gotafloat, and proceeded to the vessel,which proved to be the brigantine Sela,of Faversham, bound for France withcoal. With great difficulty Life-boat-men were put on board, and communica-tion with a tug was at length established.The vessel's anchor was then slipped andboth the vessel and her crew of sevenhands were taken to Dover Harbour insafety.
BBIXHAM, SOUTH DEVON.—The Brix-ham Life-boat, Betsy Newton, rescuedthe crew of four men from the Plymouthketch Vesta during a whole N.E. galeon 12th January. The Vesta lost oneof her cables and drove perilously nearthe rocks. The crew were rescued justin time, as within half an hour theother cable parted, and the vessel wentashore, the heavy seas soon destroyingthe craft.
RAMSGATE, KENT.—At 9.40 A.M. onthe 12th January, during a strong N.E.gale, a message was received by tele-phone stating that a barge was atanchor near the sea-wall at Sandown.She had a distress signal hoisted andwas in great danger of driving ashore.The Life-boat Charles and SusannaStephens at once proceeded to her assist-ance. The gale was dead on shore andthe Life-boatmen found the seas washingright over the barge. With the greatestdifficulty Life-boatmen were put on thevessel and they narrowly escaped beingwashed overboard. The vessel had twoanchors down, but she was in suchshallow water that at first it wasthought it would not be possible forthe tug to get near enough to renderassistance, and it was decided to rescaethe crew. Before doing so, Lowever,the tug made an effort, involving greatrisk, to get a rope to the barge: it
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proved successful and the vessel wastowed out of danger. The weather wasvery bad and there is little doubt thathad the vessel not been extricated whenshe was, both she and her crew wouldhave been lost. The vessel was thebarge Jewish, of London. The HonorarySecretary, when reporting this case,stated that he considered that the crewsof the tug and the Life-boat deservedmuch credit for the manner in whichthis service was successfully rendered,as the risks were very great.
BALLYCOTTON, Co. OOHK.—Several ofthe fishing-boats belonging to Bally-cotton, when at sea, were overtaken bythe storm of the llth-12th January.The majority of them reached safety,but the Winefred, having lost her sails,drifted into Trabulgan Bay, where sheremained the whole night. The crewwere in a helpless condition, overcomewith cold and hunger.
During the morning of the 12thJanuary information as to the boat'swhereabouts reached Ballycotton, andit was decided to send the Life-boatT. P. Hearne to the men's assistance. Theboat was launched shortly after noonand found the crew in a conditionbordering on unconsciousness. Some ofthe Life-boatmen were put on board;they unselfishly took oft' part of theirclothing to wrap up the exhausted men,;ind with haste conveyed them ashore,where they were provided with hot tea.Later in the day H.M.S. Thrush kindlytowed the Life-boat and the rescuedmen back to Ballycotton, which wasreached at about 11 P.M. In this casefive men were rescued from a veryperilous position, and there is no doubtthat they could not have held outmuch longer.
Great relief was felt when the menwere brought in safety to their homes,and their relatives expressed gratitudefor the timely rescue.
MARGATE, KENT.—At 5.35 P.M. onthe 12th January, during a fierce N.E.gale, the Coastguard reported that avessel was ashore near the Reculvers.The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat ElizaHarriett were summoned and the boatlaunched in a very heavy sea. On
getting alongside the vessel the crew ofthree men at once jumped into the Life-boat and they were taken into safety.The vessel was the sprit-sail barge Anglo-American and was bound from Londonto the Isle of Wight with a cargo ofwheat.
Next day the weather moderated andit was decided to make an effort to savethe barge. The Life-boat was launchedand proceeded to her. They found thatwater was in the hull and that thesteering gear was damaged. A kedgeanchor was run out and at high waterthe men succeeded in getting the bargeafloat ; by means of her pumps she waskept afloat and the men brought herin bo Margate Harbour.
NEWLYN, COENWALL.—The Life-boatLizzie Ellen was launched on the 12thJanuary to the assistance of a vesselwhich was being towed into Mount'sBay with a distress signal flying. Beforethey reached the vessel she anchored,and the steamer which had been towingher had done the same. The Coxswainboarded the vessel which was theschooner Lizzie Ellen, of Cardigan, andfound that men from the steamer werein charge of her as the master and crewwere completely exhausted. The Cox-swain of the Life-boat supplied theschooner's men with all the provisionshe had and returned ashore for more.He then put off to the schooner againand the Life-boatmen were engaged toman the pumps as the ship had settleddown in the water. After four hours'work the schooner had been raisedeighteen inches and at about 8 A.M. onthe 13th January the steamer again
I took her in tow and proceeded to Fal-j mouth. When the Life-boat put to sea! on the first occasion a whole N.N.E.gale was blowing, but it moderatedduring the night to a very strong breeze.
PALLING AND WINTERTON, NORFOLK.—The steamer Lincoln, of Grimsby, belong-ing to the Great Central Railway Com-pany, stranded on the Hasboro' Sandson the 21st January. She was boundat the time from Antwerp to Grimsbywith a general cargo and was carryingeighteen passengers. Her signals ofdistress were seen by the Wold Light-
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vessel, and the No. 2 Life-boat EleanorBrown from Winterton and the No. 2Life-boat Hearts of Oak from Palling,were called out. The Winterton Life-boat reached the ship at 6.30 A.M. andthe captain requested the Coxswain toland the passengers without loss of time.They were taken into the boat, whichthen proceeded ashore. In the mean-time the Palling boat reached thesteamer amd the crew were engaged totry and get the vessel off the sands. Assoon as the Winterton boat had landedher passengers she returned in tow ofa tug to the steamer, to find that theefforts of the Palling men, assisted bytugs, had been successful, and the vesselwas afloat. As no further help wasrequired the Life-boats returned to theirstations.
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX.—At about7.30 A.M. on the 30th January theSecond Coxswain of the Life-boat JamesStevens No. 9 received a message statingthat a schooner was ashore on the westend of the Nore Sands. As a strongE. by S. wind was blowing, with a roughsea, it was considered advisable to sendthe boat to her assistance. She provedto be the schooner Cimbri, of Gloucester,loaded with scrap iron. The vesselwas lying in a bad position, and theservices of the Life-boatmen wereengaged to save her. After threehours' work, the schooner was floatedand the Life-boat was able to return toher station.
MONTBOSE, FOKFARSHIRE.— On themorning of the 30th January the fishingfleet of about thirty boats went out ofharbour between 5 and 7 o'clock. Atthat time the weather was fine and thesea was comparatively smooth. Atabout 9 o'clock the sea suddenly roseand within an hour became very heavy.The Coxswain of the No. 1 Life-boatSarah Jane Turner realised that theboats were in great danger, more par-ticularly the smaller class of boat, andthat when crossing the bar the crewswould be in great peril. The launch ofthe Life-boat was ordered and she pro-ceeded under sail to the endangeredcraft. She rescued the crew of two menof a small boat, named the Ruby, and
then stood by the remainder of the fleetuntil all had crossed the bar and werein safety.
WALMER, KENT.—It is not often thatloss of life has to be recorded in con-nection with shipwrecks on the Good-win Sands, so well organised is the Life-boat service in the neighbourhood, butunfortunately the loss of the ketchYulan, of Harwich, during the S.E. galeof the 30th January was a sad excep-
| tion, and it was attended by the loss ofI two men, in spite of the splendid effortsby the Life-boatmen.
'. Shortly after 8 P.M. distress signalswere seen, and the Life-boat Civil ServiceNo. 4 was promptly launched. Shecruised about for several hours, andalthough she must have been com-paratively near to the wreck nothing
| could be found owing to the darknessj and the heavy seas. The Life-boatreturned ashore shortly before 4 A.M.,as it was thought the vessel which hadshown the signals must have got clearof the Sands. About three hours later,when day commenced to break, a wreckwas discovered on the Sands and theLife-boatmen were at once called. Withall speed the Civil Service No. 4 againproceeded to the Sands. They found thehull of the ketch completely under waterand two men lashed to the mast. Thesea in the vicinity was covered withwreckage. The Life-boat anchored andwhilst in the act of going alongside thevessel's mast went by the board, carryingboth men with it. By a supreme effortone of the men was saved, but the other,entangled in the rigging, was unfor-tunately lost. A third man who hadbeen on board had been washed awayduring the darkness earlier in the night.The rescued man when picked up was ina critical condition, but the Life-boat-men did all they could to restore himand he was conveyed ashore as quicklyas possible.
RAMSGATE, KENT.—The E.S.E. galeof the 30th and 31st January causedseveral disasters in the vicinity ofRamsgate, and the Life-boat Charlesand Susanna Stephens had not returnedvery long from a fruitless journey whenshe was called out again.
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The three-masted schooner Danmark,of Svenborg, bound from Denmark toFecamp with a cargo of wheat, wentashore on the Goodwins, near the EastGoodwin buoy, just before daylight.As soon as the vessel struck her bowswent up and she rapidly filled withwater, the crew having immediately totake to the rigging. In response tosignals from the vessel and messagesfrom the North and East GoodwinLight-ships, the Ramsgate tug and Life-boat pub to sea at 7.40 A.M., and arrivedat the wreck at 10.15. The vesselwas heeling over and the crew were inthe rigging. The heavy sea rendered ita difficult task for the Life-boat to getalongside, but eventually this was ac-complished, although there appeared tobe imminent risk of the vessel fallingover on the boat. The crew, seven innumber, were taken from the rigginginto the boat one by one, and to getaway from the dangerous position assoon as possible, the cable of the Life-boat was cut. The Life-boat then sailedacross the Sands, whilst the tug wentround the north end, picked up theLife-boat, and brought her into harbourabout 11.45 A.M. The rescue was effectedonly just in time, for the shipwreckedmen were in an exhausted conditionowing to the exposure in the bitterlycold weather, and could not have heldon much longer. When the Life-boatarrived at the landing-stage, the crewwere met by the master of the Sailors'Home, who assisted the men ashore,and as the poor fellows were too ex-hausted to walk, provided cabs in whichbhey were taken to the Sailors' Home.Here they received every attention.Subsequently the following telegramwas received from Her Majesty QueenAlexandra, and the information askedfor was telegraphed by the representa-tive of the Sailors' Home and Ship-wrecked Mariners' Society :—
" Sandringham." The Superintendent,
" Sailors' Home, Ramsgate." Please telegraph to me immediately
for Queen Alexandra's information anyparticulars you may be able to ascertainabout the poor Danes who were ship-wrecked on Monday night. How are
they, where are they, and do they wantanything ?
(Signed) " (Sin) DIQHTON PROBYN."
FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.—On thei llth February, at 3.40 P.M., the Coast-guard reported that signals of distresshad been hoisted on the ketch Mouse,of Cardigan, which had been lying atanchor off Dinas Head. It transpiredthat the inset of the current caused the
I anchors to drag, and she had driven onto the rocks. The crew of the Life-boatCharterhouse were assembled, the boatlaunched, and she proceeded, under hermotor, which worked splendidly, to theketch. In the meanwhile, however, atug had reached the vessel, and hadtowed her off the rock, leaking badly.In response to the captain's request,Life-boatmen were put on board toman the pumps, and they continuedpumping until the ketch had beentowed into safety and beached.
BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE. — Inboisterous weather on the 18th Februaryit was reported that a large steamer wasclose in shore, and was in imminentdanger of stranding. Without delaythe Life-boat Jones-Gibb was launched,and proceeded to the vessel. She provedto be the s.s. Newbridge, of London,bound from Manchester to Barry inballast, and she had got out of hercourse in the fog. The Life-boat, for-tunately, reached the steamer beforeshe stranded, and the crew were ableto give such information to the masterthat he was able to extricate his vesselfrom her dangerous position. There islittle doubt that but for the prompt-ness of the Life-boatmen the vessel wouldhave met with disaster.
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. —About 10 A.M. on the 21st February,the wind rose very suddenly bringingup a heavy sea. As there were thirteenof the fishing cobles out at the fishingground, the fishermen on shore requestedthat the Life-boat might be launched,as they considered the boat's crewswould be in great danger when landing.The Ada Lewis was launched at10.30 A.M., and she stood by until allthe boats had landed in safety.
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RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—On 21stFebruary, at about 7.45 P.M., during astrong S.S.W. gale, a flare was observedto the eastward of the Harbour. TheLife-boat Mary Isabella was launched,and was quickly alongside the vessel.She proved to be the schooner Olaggan,of Barrow, bound from Dublin to Peel,which had come to anchor off Ramseyat 7 o'clock that morning. When theLife-boat arrived ske found that thecrew of three hands were waiting inreadiness to leave their vessel, as theyfeared she could drag her anchors. Themen were transferred to the Life-boat,which beat back to the harbour andlanded them at 9.15 P.M.
CLOUGHEY, Co. DOWN.—On the 20thFebruary two ketches belonging toBelfast, named the Witch of Wave andthe Azur, put into Cloughey Bay whenbound for Portaferry. The vessels ex-pected to get away the next morning,but a gale had sprung up and continuedblowing for some days. At 5 P.M. onthe 23rd the weather was getting worseand a distress signal was shown. Theere w of the Life-boat John were summonedand the boat launched. The crews ofboth vessels, consisting of six men, weretaken into the Life-boat and broughtashore. They stated that they wereafraid to remain on board during thenight as there was considerable dangerof the vessels dragging their anchors.
PADSTOW, CORNWALL.—On the 24thFebruary, whilst a strong westerlybreeze was blowing, accompanied by avery heavy sea, it was reported thattwo Lowestoft trawlers were makingfor the harbour. As the tide was ebbit was considered advisable to have theNo. 1 Life-boat Arab launched and atthe " Point" when the boats came. TheCoxswain subsequently reported that hefound such a heavy sea running that butfor the presence of the Life-boat, and thedirections the crew were able to give tothe skippers when rounding the Point, thetrawlers would have, in all probability,grounded.
BBOADSTAIBS, KENT.—At 3.50 P.M. onthe 26th February a boat was seen, witha coat lashed to her mast as a signal of
distress, and on further observation itwas seen that the occupants were wavingtheir hats and making other signals toshow that they wanted help. The crewof the Life-boat Francis Forbes Bartonwere called, and the boat was launched.On getting alongside it was found thatthe boat, which was the Nautilus, ofRamsgate, was half-full of water, andwas only kept afloat by her occupantsbailing continuously. The men weretransferred to the Life-boat, and theboat made for Broadstairs, where shelanded them. A strong N.W. gale wasblowing at the time with a heavy searunning.
NEW ROMNEY, KENT.—The schoonerAleide, of Dunkirk, stranded in theEast Bay, Dungeness, soon after I A.M.on the 28th February, but as she madeno signals she was not seen. At 7 A.M.the vessel was observed, and a tug pro-ceeded to her and towed her into deepwater at 10.15 A.M., but it was foundthat she was leaking badly, and full ofwater; she was therefore run ashoreagain. As there was a very strongS.W. wind and very heavy sea, it wasconsidered advisable to send furtherhelp, and the Life-boat James StevensNo. 11 was launched. On reaching her,the captain asked the Coxswain to standby his vessel, which he did. The boatafterwards returned ashore; as the windhad freshened considerably it was decidedto take the boat back to her station byroad; the carriage and horses wereaccordingly sent along the coast andthe boat was brought back, arriving atthe Boathouse at 2 A.M.
STEONSAY, ORKNEY ISLAND.—TheLife-boat John Byburn was sent on3rd March to the assistance of a vesselwhich had stranded on Ingal Skerryand was showing signals of distress.A messenger reported at 10.30 A.M. thatthe vessel was on a dangerous rock, andat 10.45 the Life-boat was despatched.The vessel proved to be the ketchHaldon, of Kirkwall, coal-laden forStronsay. She went ashore in the earlymorning, when it was very dark and athick haze was obscuring all the Lights.The S.W. wind was moderate, but asthe morning advanced the wind in-
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creased and the aspect of the weatherbecame very threatening, it was there-fore considered advisable to take off thecrew of five hands and land them as amatter of precaution. Two days laterthe weather moderated and a steamerwas able to save the vessel.
TBAMORE, Co. WATBEFOKD. — Theschooner Christiana Davis, of Barrow,whilst bound, on 4th March, from [Queenstown to the Bristol Channel,with a cargo of superphosphate, strandedin Tramore Bay. This occurred shortlybefore midnight, and the Life-boatHenley was promptly sent to her aid.The captain refused any assistance, butasked the Life-boat to stand by him forthe night. This was done, and at 6.30o'clock next morning the vessel, withthe assistance of some of the Life-boat-men, floated. They then navigated thevessel clear of the Bay, and, no furtherhelp being required, returned to Tra-more.
BROUGHTY FERKY, PORFAESHIRE. —At 9 A.M. on the 18th March a telegramwas received from the Coastguard at |St. Andrews stating that a vessel wasmaking for the Tay close in-shore andsetting towards the sands. The Cox-swain assembled the crew of the newmotor Life-boat Maria and at oncelaunched the boat. She proceeded downthe river under motive power in the |face of a terrific easterly gale and heavysleet showers. A schooner was observedlabouring heavily and in distress in theBay, with mainsail blown away. TheCoxswain steered for the vessel right Iacross the treacherous Abertay sandswith all possible speed, shipping, attimes, tremendous seas, which submergedthe boat, but she cleared herself welland showed great buoyancy. The vesselwas the schooner Oloa Pauline, of Sta-vanger, carrying a crew of five hands, |bound for Grantown in ballast. She jhad been driven out of her course andwas in immediate danger of being driven Iashore. The captain stated that hewished to get to Grantown, but theCoxswain of the Life-boat warned himthat it was impossible to make thatplace, and that the only means of pre-venting a casualty was to endeavour to
get into the Tay. The Life-boat re-mained in close attendance, and theCoxswain directed the navigation of thevessel. He feared that the strandingof the vessel was inevitable, and as alast resource signalled to the captain tofollow him, and piloted him through thenarrow channel known as " the Pool,"which is not much wider than a street.Eventually they succeeded in gettingthe vessel between the sands into theTay, and brought her to a safe anchorageoff Broughty Ferry. During this ser-vice the weather was exceptionallysevere and the behaviour of the boat,which had recently been sent to thestation, gave the greatest satisfaction tothe crew.
ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE. — On the17th March, during an E. gale, a veryheavy sea was running across the mouthof the harbour, and a number of thefishing-boats were lying off, waiting toget in when the tide flowed. As thesea was breaking heavily it was thoughtwise to have the Life-boat launched inreadiness, in case any of the men shouldbe washed off their crafts, or any of theboats should be driven past the entranceand behind the West Pier. The Life-boat James and Mary Walker wasaccordingly launched and pulled to theharbour entrance, where she remaineduntil all the boats had got into safety.
WICKLOW, Co. WICKLOW. — Theschooner Lome, of Arklow, put intoWicklow harbour early in the morningof the 18th March in the height of anE.S.E. gale. The vessel left Garstonwith a cargo of coal bound for Balli-nacurra, Co. Cork, but when shereached the Blackwater Light-ship onthe Wexford coast, a strong gale wasblowing, and she was driven back, theheavy seas breaking over her, and sheheaded for the Wicklow coast. Herethey steered safely into the outerharbour, and made fast to a buoy, butthe wind and seas caused her to breakthe chain, and dragging the buoy withher, she drifted on helplessly to thesand bank, fifty yards distant, whereshe stranded. The crew, seeing theirdanger, at 4 A.M. made'signals of distress,and word was immediately sent to the
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Honorary Secretary of the Life-boat.The new motor Life-boat, Robert Theo-philus Garden, which arrived at thestation recently, was anchored in theriver. The crew soon arrived, and inten minutes they were alongside thedistressed vessel, the Honorary Secre-tary, Mr. R. Lees, accompanying them.They immediately took off the crew offour hands and brought them ashore.
This was the first occasion that thenew motor Life-boat was called outsince her arrival at the station; sheproved thoroughly satisfactory in everyrespect, and was greatly appreciated bythe crew. The vessel was half full ofwater when the Life-boat got alongsideand was likely to become a total wreck.
THE LIZARD, CORNWALL.—Between4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of19th March the steamer Fleswick, ofLiverpool, made signals of distress,having become disabled through hercirculating pipe breaking. The Cadg-with Life-boat and the Life-boat SirGeorge Back stationed at the Lizardwere launched to her assistance. During
| the time the Life-boats were proceeding! to the vessel the steamer Lady Wolseley! sighted the disabled steamer, and put] about and bore down on her. Thei Cadgwith Life-boat when transferring
a towing hawser from the Lady Wolseleyto the Fleswick was caught by a heavysea and dashed under the quarter ofthe latter vessel, damaging the boat andbreaking the starboard oars. Fortun-
ately none of the men were hurt andthe boat was got clear and made forthe Lizard. The Lizard Life-boat thenconveyed a hawser from one vessel to theother and stood by. Shortly after towinghad commenced the tow rope parted.The Life-boat succeeded in gettinganother tow rope on board, and a secondattempt was made to tow, but again therope parted. A third hawser was goton board and the Lady Wolseley pro-ceeded to tow the other steamer toMount's Bay. No further assistancebeing required, the Life-boat made for herstation and on the way assisted the Cadg-with Life-boat which had been crippledby the accident and was short of oars.
This service called forth the highestpraise locally, having been performedin the face of great difficulty and inexceptionally bad weather.
HOPE COVE, DEVON.—The Coxswainof the Life-boat Alexandra was calledby the Coastguard at 6 A.M. on the23rd March, a steamer having strandedon the "Book" rock. The boat waslaunched at once and found that thevessel was the oil-tank steamer Cardium,of London, homeward bound from Ran-goon with a cargo of benzine. Thecaptain declined the Coxswain's offer tolay out an anchor, but after the Life-boat had been standing by for somelittle time he availed himself of theCoxswain's advice, and the steamerwas successfully floated and taken intosafety.
THE HORNE BEQUEST.WE publish the portrait of the lateMr. Thomas Home, of Solihull,Warwick. This " fine old Englishgentleman" took the greatest interestin the Life-boat cause, and, by his will,bequeathed one-third of the residue
of his estate to the Institution, whichbenefited to the extent of nearly£4,000. The portrait was taken whenMr. Home was 84 years, and shows afine type of mingled kindliness andstrength.
A LIFE-BOAT SONG.MANY of our friends are often ata loss for a good Life-boat song, tobe performed at concerts given onbehalf of the Institution. Hence wewelcome an excellent song which wehave received from Mr. Jacob Davies,entitled, " The Life-Boat Crew." Both
music and words are full of life andcharacter, and the chorus goes with aswing. The words are by J. Melandri,music by " Gwynlais." Publishers,Joseph Williams, Ltd., 32, GreatPortland Street, London, W., price2s. net.
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MR, THOMAS HORNE, OF SOLIHULL, WARWICK.
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SUMMARY OF THE MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OFMANAGEMENT.
THUBSDA.Y, 12th January, 1911.Colonel Sir FuzRoY CLAYTON, K.C.V.O..V.P.,
in the Chair.
Bead and confirmed the minutes of thethree previous meetings.
Also read those of the Building, Financeand Correspondence, Wreck and Reward, andLife-boat Saturday Winding-up and Organisa-tion Sub-Committees, and ordered that theirrecommendations be carried into effect.
Passed the folio wing resolution:—"Cordiallyand unreservedly associating themselves withtheir Deputy-Chairman, the Committee ofManagement affirm their undivided responsi-bility for the action taken by the Institutionin connection with the winding-up of theLife-boat Saturday Fund; and repudiate inthe strongest manner the personal charges andinsinuations which have appeared in recentletters addressed to the Press."
Read the report of the Deputy-Chief In-spector of Life-boats on his recent visit toHornsea.
Also the reports of the District Inspectorsen their visits to the following Life-boatStations:—
Northern District.—Dunbar, Skateraw, Ber-wick-on-Tweed, North Berwick, Buckhaven,Whitehaven, "Maryport, Balcary, Girvan,Troon, Ayr, Ardrossan, Johnshaven, Gourdon,Fraserburgh, Alnmouth and Boulmer.
Western District.—Aberdovey, St. David's,Fishguard, Little Haven, Barry Dock, Tenby,Ferryside, Burry Port, Llandudno, Rhyl,Llanddulas, Holyhead (two boats), and Pointof Ayr.
Reported the receipt of 14,592Z. 2s. 5d. fromthe Central Committee of the Life-boatSaturday Fund, as the net proceeds of Life-boat Saturday, 1910.
Resolved that the thanks of the Committeeof Management be conveyed to the CentralCommittee of the Life-boat Saturday Fund,for their valuable services.
Also reported the receipt of £1,000 from the iCivil Service Life-boat Fund, per Mr. HarryFincham, I.8.O., Honorary Secretary, to 'recoup the Institution for the amount of therewards granted to the crews of the sevenCivil Service Life-boats during 1910, andas a contribution towards the expenses in-curred in 1909 in maintaining the Stationsat which the seven Life-boats are placed.
i The total sum thus contributed to theInstitution by gentlemen in His Majesty'sCivil Service has been 41,0062. 15s. 2<i
Resolved, that the very cordial thanks ofthe Committee of Management be tendered tothe Honorary Secretary, to his Committee,and to the subscribers to the Fund, for theircontinued most valuable support.
Also reported the receipt of the followingother special contributions since the lastmeeting:—
£ s. d.Anonymous (Bath) . . . . 1,000 - -Mrs. E. A. STBEATFEILD, further
towards the cost of a Life-boatto be named Hugh Taylor, andstationed at Yarmouth . . . 300 - -
THE ANCIENT OBDEB OF FOBESTEBS(annual subscription) . . . . 125 - -
S.S. Caledonia, collected on board(per Capt. W. BAXTER) . . . 50 - -
S.D.R.S.D. (additional) . ... 50 - -Mrs. C. E. LAYTON (additional) . 25 - -Mr. J. H. GBAPTON (additional) . 25 - -LOYAL OBDEB OF ANCIENT SHEP-
Cheltenham College Offertory (perthe Rev. R. WATEBFIELD, M.A.,Principal) 15 15 -
Offley Parish Church, donationfrom Offertory (per the Rev.E. P. GATTY) 6 - -
—To be severally thanked.Also the receipt of the following legacy :—
The late Mrs. ELIZABETH SYME, ofSweetbank, Leven (balance) . , 128 8 6Voted the best thanks of the Institution to
Vice-Admiral J. F. G. Grant and Capt. G. E.Hodgson, in recognition of their long andvaluable services as Honorary Secretaries ofthe Malvern and Cheltenham Branches ofthe Institution, which offices they have justresigned.
Also voted the best thanks of the Institutionto certain prominent workers in connexion withthe late Life-boat Saturday Fund, and decidedto present some with barographs, and otherswith pocket aneroids as a mark of apprecia-tion of their co-operation.
Paid 3,012J. for sundry charges in connexionwith various Life-boat establishments.
Voted 913Z. 14s. Id. to pay the expenses ofthe following Life-boat services:—
Walmer . . Schooner Antonio Julia,of Oporto. Stood byvessel.
Wexford . . Schooner Nelly, of Gron-ingen. Rendered as-sistance.
WhitbyNo. 2 Fishing cobles of Whitby.Stood by cobles.
Yarmouth . Cutter of H.M.S.
The Broadstairs Life-boat assisted to savethe schooner Nikita, of Plymouth, and 5;Glctctoii~oii~S6£i Lifs~bo3ifc ftssistsd to sftvs tlios.s. Antigone, of London and 24; OromerLife-boat assisted to save the schooner Desde-mona, of Thurso, and 5; Holyhead (steam)Life-boat rendered assistance to the barquen-tine Ocean Swell, of Fowey. KingsdowneLife-boat saved the schooner Creoula, of St.Vincent, and 6; Margate No. 2 Life-boatsaved the barge Lord Morton, of London,and 3 ; Palling No. 2 and Winterton No. 2Life-boats assisted to save the s.s. Solent, ofSunderland, and 18; and Walmer Life-boatassisted to save the barque Lenita, of Bergk-vara, and 10.
Also voted 1.022Z. Is. 9d. to pay the expensesof assemblies of the crews or launches of thefollowing Life-boats, with the view of assistingpersons on vessels in distress: — AldeburghNo. 1, Angle, Arbroath, Arklow, Bembridge,Berwick-on-Tweed, Bridlington Quay, Cahore,Caister No. 1, Claeton-on-Sea, Cullercoats,Dover, Dunbar, Eastbourne No. 2, Flamboro'No. 2, Gorleston No. 1, Hayling Island, Holy-bead (steam), Holy Island No. 1, Huna,Johnshaven, Kessingland No. 1, KingsdowneLittlehampton, Margate No. 2, Nairn, NorthDeal, North Sunderland, Palling No. 2,Plymouth, Port Erroll, Rosslare Harbour,Jidmouth, Southsea, Walmer, Walton-on-S"aze, Winterton No. 2 and Yarmouth.
608 THE LIFE-BOAT. [IST AUGUST, 1911.
Granted 51. 7s. &d. to men injured in theLife-boat service at Palling, Selsey andSouthsea.
Granted an additional allowance to thecrew of the Southsea Life-boat for theirarduous services on the 16th and 17th Decem-ber, 1910.
Voted 1Z. to two men for putting off in aboat and saving one of three persons, whoseboat was capsized off Selsey, on 7th Decemberin a fresh S.W. breeze and choppy sea. Also21. 10s. to ten other men who assisted in therescue.
Also 51. to five men for saving, at greatpersonal risk, one of three men whose boatwas swamped and sunk off Cockburnspath, in astrong E. breeze and very heavy ground-swellon 9th December, 1910.
Voted 11. 10s. to five men for putting off ina yawl, and saving twelve persons from thes.s. Ansgarius, of Stavanger, which strandedin a thick fog and heavy sea at DuncansbyNess, on llth December.
Also 11. 15s. to seven men for putting off ina boat, in a strong S.W. gale and choppy sea,to the assistance of two men on the smackPleiades, which stranded near Penmon, on6th January. Also granted 6s. to four menfor assistance to launch the boat.
THUBSDAT, 9th February, 1911.
Sir JOHN GAMEBON LAMB, C.B., O.M.G., V.P.,in the Chair.
The Deputy Chairman conveyed the sadnews of the sudden illness with which SirFitzKoy Clayton was seized after the meetingsof the Sub-Committees on the precedingTuesday.
The Committee expressed their deepconcern.
Bead and confirmed the minutes of theprevious meeting.
Also those of the Building, Finance andCorrespondence and Wreck and Beward andOrganization Sub-Committees, and orderedtheir recommendations to be carried intoeffect.
Bead the report of the Deputy-Chief In-spector of Life-boats on his recent visit to theBridlington Quay Station.
Also the reports of the District Inspectorson their visits to the following Life-boatStations:—
Northern District.—Nairn, Lossiemouth,Buckie, Banff and Macdufi, Port Erroll,Peterhead, Newburgh, Stonehaven, andBroughty Ferry.
Eastern District.—Aldeburgh (two boats),Sutton, Hornsea, Grimsby, and BridlingtonQuay.
Western District.—Appledore (two boats),St. David's, Port Eynon, The Mumbles, Pad-stow (two boats and a steam tug), and PortIsaac.
Beported the receipt of the following specialcontributions since the last meeting :—
& s. d.His Majesty THE KING (annual
subscription) 21 - -" In Memoriam " (Mrs. J. ASHTON)
(annual subscription) . . . . 25 - -Mr. W. H. A. WHABTON (annual
subscription) 20 - -Covent Garden Life-boat Fund (per
Mr. GEOBQE MONBO) . . . . 19 - -Mr. F. 0. BBOWN (contribution box) 16 - -His Grace the DUKE OF WELLING-
TON, Kr.G 10 - -H.M.S. Gibraltar Canteen Fund
(per Commander W. M. BAMBEB,B.N.) • . . 3 - -
—To be severally thanked.Also the receipt of the following legacies :—
The late Miss CHRISTIAN MABBH,of Aberdeen, for a Life-boat tobe named James Marsh, and tobe stationed on the East Coastof Scotland 1,000 - -
The late Mrs. BACHEL HOLLAND,of South Norwood 500 - •-
The late Miss E. F. AMPHLETT, ofDroitwich 100 L -
The late Mr. FBEDEBICK HOLGAIECABWABDINE, of Lowestoft . . 100 - -
The late Mr. WILLIAM McCuNN, ofLargs, Scotland, for the main-tenance of the Thomas McCunnLife-boat at Port Logan (onaccount) 100 - -
Ditto, for the benefit of widowsand other dependent relatives ofmen who have lost their lives inconnection with the Life-boatservice in Scotland (on account) 50 - -
The late Mr. WILLIAM BTLAND, ofSheffield (additional) . . . . 26 11 10
The late Mr. F. W. N. LLOYD, ofBromley (additional) . . . . 15 1 4The Committee expressed deep regret at
the death of Lieut. H. H. Jackson, B.N.B.,who had been Honorary Secretary of theGrimsby Branch for 11 years, and decided tosend a letter of condolence to the bereavedfamily.
Voted the best thanks of the Committee ofManagement to Mr. A. Hugh Douglas inrecognition of his past valuable services asHonorary Secretary of the Arrau Branch,which office he had just resigned.
Decided to take over the Life-boat Establish-ment at Spurn Point, which had hithertobeen maintained by the Humber Conservancy.
Paid 3,178Z. for sundry charges in connexionwith various Life-boat establishments.
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Voted 341Z. Is. to pay the expenses of thefollowing Life-boat services :—
LivesLife-boat. Vessel. saved.
Arklow . . Smack Lizzie, of Arklow 4Smack Daisy, of Arklow 4
Montrose, Fishing-boat Ruby . . 2No. 1 Fishing-boats of Mont-
rose. Stood by boats.St. Agnes . . Ship Ardencraig, of Glas-
gow 15St. Ives . . Lugger Ripple, of St. Ives.
Rendered assistance.Walmer . . Ketch Yulan, of Harwich 2
The North Deal Life-boat assisted to savethe brigantine Sela, of Faversham, and 7 ;Newlyn Life-boat rendered assistance to theschooner Lizzie Ellen, of Cardigan; PallingNo. 2 Life-boat rendered assistance to theS.S. Lincoln, of Grimsby, and WintertonNo. 2 Life-boat landed 18 passengers; Rams-gate Life-boat assisted to save the bargeJewish, of London, and 3 ; also saved 7 fromthe schooner Daninark, of Svendborg; andSouthend Life-boat assisted to save theschooner Cimbri, of Gloucester.
Also voted 749Z. 9s. to pay the expenses ofthe following Life-boat launches, etc., withthe view of assisting persons on vessels indistress-.—Barry Dock, Gaister No. l.Cromer,Dunbar, Gorleston Nos. 1 and 2, Greencastle,Groomsport, Lizard, Lowestoft No. 1, NorthDeal, Palling No. 2, Runswick, St. Mary's,Seuneu Cove, Southend-on-Sea, Upgang,Walmer, Wells, and Yarmouth.
Voted 81. 10s. to men injured in the serviceat Brixham and Caister.
Voted 11. to two men for their promptnessin saving two persons who got into difficultiesoff Poole on the 27th December, throughlosing an oar in a very rough sea and anortherly gale.
THURSDAY, 9th March 1911.
Sir JOHN CAMERON LAMB, G.B., G.M.G..V.P.,in the Chair.
Resolved that a respectful request be madeto HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN to become aPatron of the Institution.
The following resolution was carriedunanimously:—" The Committee of Manage-ment have heard with the deepest regret ofthe illness of their Chairman, Sir FitzRoyClayton, and desire to assure him of theirsincere sympathy and of their earnest wishesfor his speedy recovery. They reluctantlyaccept his resignation, as from the date of theAnnual Meeting; and gratefully rememberingthe invaluable servicss he has rendered to theInstitution for more than forty-eight years,they hope he may be willing to retain theoffice of Vice-President, and that they maycontinue to have the benefit of his counseland support for many years."
Read and confirmed the minutes of theprevious meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Financeand Correspondence, Wreck and Reward, andOrganisation Sub-Committees, and orderedthat their recommendations be carried intoeffect.
Read the reports of the District Inspectorson their visits to the following Life-boatStations:—
Eastern District.—Hocnsea, Scarborough,Filey, Caister (two boats), Yarmouth, Pake-field, South wold (two boats), Gorleston (twoboats), Kessingland (two boats) and Lowestoft(two boats).
Southern District.—Margate (two boats),Folkestone and New Bomney.
Western District.—Penzance, Sennen Cove,Newlyn, Hayle, St. Agnes, St. Mary's andAngle.
Irish District.—Groomsport, Donaghadee,Poolbeg, Howth, Wicklow, Kingstown (twoboats) and Newcastle.
Reported the receipt of the following specialcontributions since the last meeting:—
& s. d.Civil Service Life-boat Fund (per
Mr. Harry Fincham, I.S.O.);balance of amount paid in re-wards in connexion with theCivil Service Life-boats during1910; and on account of balanceof maintenance . . . . . 574 8 -
Readers of " The Christian" (perMessrs.- Morgan & Scott) . . . 6 13 -
Admiral Sir WILLIAM H. MAY,G.C.V.O., K C.B 5 - -
H.M. Transport Rewa; collectedonboard (per Capt. T. Kerr). . 2 8 10
—To lie severally thanked.
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Also the receipt of the following legacies:—£ s. d.
The late Mr. THOMAS HOBNE, ofSolihull 3,858 14 9
The late Mr. THOMAS BBANDEETH,of Wimbledon Park (per Liver-pool Branch) 1,044 9 6
The late Mr. D. S. JACKSON, ofLlandudno 918 17 6
The late Misses AGNES JULIA andCATHEBINE ALISON SMITH, ofLondon 181 7 3
The late Mr. WILLIAM D' A. AMEBY,of Eckington 100 - -
The late Mr. JOHN BENNETTWESTON, of Birkdale . . . . 90 - -
The late Mr. WILLIAM WELLS, ofHighbury 36 3 10
The late Mr. JOHN HEYWOOD, ofBolton (per Bolton Branch);balance 30 - -Eeported the despatch to her station of
the Wicklow new Life-boat.Paid 4,119Z. for sundry charges in connexion
with various Life-boat establishments.Voted 1651. 3s. lid. to pay the expenses of
the following Life-boat services:—Lives
Life-boat. Vessel. saved.Barmouth . . S.S. Newbridge, of
The Fishguard Life-boat rendered assist-ance to the ketch Mouse, of Cardigan.
Also voted 6581.16s. 1M. to pay the expensesof the following Life-boat launches, assembliesof crews, etc., with the view of assistingpersons on vessels in distress:—AldeburghNo. 1, Angle, Cadgwith, Clovelly, Courtmac-sherry, Coverack, Cromer, Dover, Dnngene«sNo. 1, Fishguard, Flamborough No. 2, Gor-leston No. 1, Hythe, Lizard, Llandudno,Margate No. 2, Newcastle (co. Down), New-haven, Palling No. 2, Peterhead, Rye Har-bour, St. Agnes, St. Mary's, Sheringham,Southend-on-Sea, Walton-on-Naze, Winter-ton and Yarmouth.
Voted 162. 10s. to a man injured in theLife-boat service at Walmer.
Voted a binocular glass and 21. to ALBEBTTHOMAS, and 61. to two other men, of thefishing-boat Marion, for saving with con-siderable risk and difficulty, the crew oftwo hands of the barge Stavanger, whichfoundered in a S.W. gale and heavy sea, nearthe Mouse Light-vessel, on 21st February.
Also 4:1. 10s. to nine men for putting off intwo boats and, at slight risk, rescuing fourmen, whose skiff was capsized off Wicklow,in a squall during a strong W.N.W. gale andrough sea, on the 23rd February.
Voted 15s. to two men for rescuing, atmoderate risk, two men whose boat wascapsized when being beached at Pakefield, ina heavy sea, on the 20th February. The menwhen rescued were imprisoned under theboat.
THUBSDAY, 16th March, 1911.The Annual General Meeting of the Gover-
nors and friends of the ROYAL NATIONAL LITE-BOAT INSTITUTION was held this day at theRoyal United Service Institution, Whitehall,the Rt. Hon. the EABL OF DBBBY, G.G.V.O.,C.B., in the Chair.
The Chairman having alluded to the greatand national character of the operations ofthe Institution, the Annual Report (whichwas published in May) was presented to themeeting.
The meeting was also addressed by Col. theRt. Hon. John E.Bernard Seely,D.S.O.,M.P.,the Rt. Hon. the Earl Waldegrave, P.O.,Capt. Herbert Acton Blake (Deputy-Masterof the Trinity House), Admiral J. HallidayCave, C.B., the Hon. George C. Colville, SirWilliam White, K.C.B., F.R.S., and Sir JohnCameron Lamb, C.B., C.M.G.
The officers for the current year were chosenand various resolutions were moved, seconded,and carried unanimously, pledging the meet-ing to renewed exertions on behalf of thebenevolent and national objects of the Insti-tution, and expressing the fullest confidencein the Management.
The officers' names and the resolutions willbe found in the May number of The Life-boatJournal.
THUBSDAY, 13th April, 1911.The Rt. Hon. the Earl Waldegrave, P.O.,
was unanimously elected Chairman, and SirJohn Cameron Lamb, C.B., O.M.G., Deputy-Chairman of the Committee of Managementof the Institution for the ensuing year.
Sir John Cameron Lamb having taken theChair in the absence of Lord Waldegrave, themembers of the Sub-Committees were electedfor the current year.
Read a letter from Mr. E. W. Wallington,stating that her Majesty the Queen would bepleased to become a Patron of the Institution.
Resolved that a letter of thanks be sent toher Majesty.
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Read a letter from his Grace the Duke ofNorthumberland accepting the office of Presi-dent of the Institution, to which he had beenelected.
Read and confirmed the minutes of theprevious meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Financeand Correspondence, Wreck and Reward, andOrganisation Sub-Committees, and orderedthat their recommendations be carried intoeffect.
Read the report of the Chief Inspector onhis recent visit to Spurn Point Life-boatStation.
Also the reports of the District Inspectorsof Life-boats on their visits to the followingStations:—
Northern District. — Ballantrae, PortPatrick, Port Logan, Whithorn, Newbiggin,Irvine, Cromarty, Whitehaven and Kirkcud-bright.
The late Miss MARY ANN VICTORIACAPPE, of Jersey (per JerseyBranch) 5 - -
The late Mr. DANIEL S. JACKSON, ofLlanduduo (interest) . . . . - 16 6The Committee specially recognised the
good services extending over many years of thefollowing Honorary Secretaries of Branchesof the Institution: Mr. H. C. Whitehead,Appledore; Mr. H. C. Mills, Atherfield; Mr.H. Inglis, Ballantrae; the Rev. G. H. Lewis,Burnham; the Rev. J. W. Forde, Courtmac-sherry; Mr. W. H. McCowen, Fenit; Mr.F. W. Thompson, Kingstown; Mr. J. Ander-son, Kirkcudbright; Mr. A. T. M. Bond,Lyme Regis; Mr. J. J. Lines, Newhaven;Dr. J. B. Laverick, Runswick and Staithes;Dr. Ernely Sumpter, Sheringham; Dr.Bryant, Tenby; Mr. S. Hayward, Berkshire ;Miss A. E. Clayton, Settle; and Mr. GeorgeMonro, Covent Garden Life-boat Fund.
Reported the despatch to her station ofthe Cromarty Life-boat.
Paid 7.299Z. for sundry charges in connex-ion with various Life-boat establishments.
Voted 167Z. 14s. 6d. to pay the expenses ofthe following Life-boat services :—
LivesLifeboat. Vessel. saved.
Anstruther . Fishing - boats of An-struther. Stood byboats.
BroughtyFerry Schooner Oloa Pauline,ofStavanger. Assistedto save vessel and . 5
Filey . . . Fishing cobles of Filey.Stood by cobles
Hope Cove. . S.S. Cardium, of Lon-don. Rendered assist-
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Liveslife-boat. Vessel. saved.
North Deal . S.S. Winstanley, of Dub-lin. Stood by vessel.
Bunswick . . S.S. Pearl, of Goole . 13•Stronsay . . Ketch Haldon, of Kirk-
wall. Landed 5.Wicklow . . Schooner Lome, of
Aberystwith . . . 4
The Harwich No. 1 Life-boat saved thebrigantine Lenore, of Faversham, and 6;Harwich No. 2 (steam) Life-boat assisted tosave the brigantine Volant, of Hull, and 6;Bamsgate Life-boat rendered assistance to theS.S. Winstanley, of Dublin; and TramoreLife-boat assisted to save the schoonerChristiania Davis and 3.
Also voted 8Hl. 11s. Id. to pay the expensesof the following Life-boat launches, etc., withthe view of assisting persons on vessels indistress:—Aldeburgh No. 1, Brixham, Broad-stairs, Cadgwith, Gaister No. 1, Clacton-on-Sea, Dover, Dunbar, Dungeuess No. 1,Formby, Gorleston No. 1, Harwich (steam),Helvick Head, Kilmore, Lowestoft No. 1,Mevagissey, Newlyn, Newquay (Cornwall),New Bomney, Palling No. 2, Port Eynon,Port St. Mary, Bobin Hood's Bay, Bunswick,Bye Harbour, St. Andrews, St. Mary's, SennenCove, Southend-on-Sea, Staithes, Walmer,Walton - on - Naze, Weymouth, Whitburn,Whitby No. 1, and Winterton No. 2.
Voted 4Z. 5s. 6d. to a man injured in theLife-boat service at Winterton.
Voted additional pay to the crews of theCadgwith Helvick Head, and Bobin Hood'sBay Life-boats for arduous services duringrough weather in March.
In connexion with the wreck of the schoonerTeaser, of Montrose, and the loss of her crewof three men in Ardmore Bay, during a wholeS.E. gale and very heavy sea, on the 18thMarch, the Committee made the followingawards for the very gallant attempts madeto save the men's lives:—
To the Bev. Father O'SHBA, the leader ofthe men, by whose example and initiative theattempts at rescue were made—the GoldMedal of the Institution and a copy of theVote on vellum.
To BICHABD BARRY, Second Class PettyOfficer, Coastguard, and to ALEXANDERNEAL, Leading Boatman, Coastguard, whoattempted to swim off to the vessel and after-wards boarded her at great risk—the SilverMedal and 51. each and a copy of the Voteon vellum; it was also decided to bring theirgallant conduct to the notice of the AdmiralCommanding Coastguard and Beserves.
To Mr. WILLIAM HARRIS, who boarded thethe vessel at great risk—a binocular glass anda Vote of Thanks on vellum.
To Constable LAWTON, B.I.C., who alsoboarded the wreck at great risk—a Vote ofThanks on vellum and 51.; it was also decidedto report his service to the Inspector-General,Boyal Irish Constabulary.
To PAT POWEH, CON. O'BRIEN and JOHNO'BRIEN, who went out in the boat but didnot board the wreck—11.10s. each. A detailedaccount of this service is given on page 594.
Voted 21. 5s. to three men for saving, atsome risk, three persons whose boat was cap-sized in a moderate S.W. gale and rough seaoff Folkestone, on the 23rd February. One ofthe men when picked up was unconscious.
Voted 91. to five men for saving five of thecrew of the fishing-boat Guiding Star, ofKirkcaldy, which was in distress in MontroseBay during a strong W.S.W. gale on the24th February. The crew of the Guiding Starwere quite exhausted when the salvors reachedher, and previous to their arrival one of themen had been washed overboard and drowned.
Voted 10s. to a man for his promptness insaving another man whose boat fouled thepropeller of a steamer and was cut in two,at the mouth of the Biver Tees on the 5fthMarch. The man, who could not swim, sup-ported himself on an oar until picked up bythe salvor.
THURSDAY, llth May, 1911.
Sir JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G..V.P.,in the Chair.
Bead and confirmed the minutes of theprevious meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Financeand Correspondence, Wreck and Beward, andOrganisation Sub-Committees, and orderedthat their recommendations be carried intoeffect.
Bead the reports of the District Inspectorsof Life-boats on their visits to the followingStations:—
Northern District.—Banff.
Eastern Distern.—Button, Mablethorpe,Skegness, and Aldeburgh (two boats).
Southern District. — Looe, Falmouth,Mevagissey, Polkerris, Hastings, Shoreham,Southend-on-Sea, Poole, and Swanaga.
Western District.—Lynmouth, Ilfracombe,Appledore (two boats), Aberdovey, Aberyst-with, Barmouth, Abersoch, Porthdinllaen,Pwllheli, and Criocieth.
Beported the receipt of the following specialcontributions since the last meeting:—Mrs. ELIZA STREATFEILD, further £ s. d.
towards the cost of a Life-boatto be named Hugh Taylor, forYarmouth 100 - -
LORD CBEWE'S Trustees (annualsubscription) 30 - -
The Family of the late Mr. LouisWILLIAM BOIZE 10 - -
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£ s. d.
2 6
All Saints' Church, Blackheath,donation from Ladies' WorkingParty (per the Rev. G. I. Swm-NBBTON, M.A.) 4
A Thank Offering for Three ScoreYears and Ten 3 10 -
—To be severally thanked.Also reported the receipt of the following
legacies:—Thelate Mr. JOHN EDWARD CUTLER,
of Sheffield 150 -The late Mrs. ESTHER GOZINA
BERNARD, of Kentish Town . . 100 - -Great regret was expressed at the death
of Mr. J. Wallace, who had been HonorarySecretary of the Broadstairg Branch for13 years, and the Rev. Stephen Goggin,who had been Honorary Secretary of theBallycotton Branch for nearly two years.The Committee decided to send letters ofcondolence to the bereaved families.
Voted the beet thanks of the Committeeto Mr. W. J. McMurray in recognition of hislong and good services as Honorary Secretaryof the Portrush Branch of the Institution,which office he had just resigned on accountof leaving the locality.
Reported the despatch to their stations ofthe new boats for St. Abbs, Seaham andTynemouth.
Paid 4,158Z. for sundry charges in connexionwith various Life-boat establishments.
Voted 21U. 18s. 5d. to pay the expenses ofthe following Life-boat services:—
LivesLife-boat. Vessel. Saved.
Buckle . . Fishing-boat Joseph, ofBanff. Saved boat and 3
Clacton-on-Sea Life-boat saved the yachtBlackbird, of Leigh-on-Sea, and 2; and New-haven Life-boat assisted to save the schoonerDaniel, of Nantes, and 4.
Also voted 266Z. 9s. 6d. to pay the expensesof the following Life-boat launches or assem-blies of crews, etc., with the view of assistingpersons on vessels in distress :—Arbroath,Caister No. 1, Courtmacsherry, Cromer,Dunbar, Dungeness No. 1, Kessingland No. 2,Littlehaven, Lowestoft No. 2, Mumbles,Newburgh, North Deal, Palling No. 2, Pen-mon, Penzance, Queenstown, Rhoscolyn,Tenby, and Winterton No. 2.
Voted 2J. 5s. to nine men for putting off ina boat to the assistance of the coal-boatNeville, which was in danger of beingswamped when returning to Cromer in aheavy sea on the 8th April. Also 11. 7s. tonine men who assisted to launch the salvors'boat.
Also 14Z. 10s. to the crew and helpers of theprivate Life-boat at Sheringham, for saving,at moderate risk to themselves, eight whelk-boats and their crews of sixteen men offSheringham on 8th April. The boats wereovertaken by an E.N.E. gale and a very heavybroken sea, and the salvors were occupied fornearly four hours in saving the men.
Voted 10s. to two men for promptly savingthree persons from the fishing-boat Swift,which was capsized in a choppy sea offLlandudno, by a sudden squall, on -the15th April. The salvors, who were fishing,saw the accident; they at once cut awaytheir nets and succeeded in rescuing the menin a very exhausted condition. Also allowed12s. 6d. to replace the tackle lost by thesalvors.
Voted 11. 10s. to four men for putting off ina boat and, at moderate risk, saving a manwhose boat, when towing alongside a steamer,was crushed between the ship and a buoy atDover, on the 7th April.
Voted 11. to four men for promptly savingtwo of three men whose small fishing-boatwas capsized in a strong squall of wind inCromarty Firth on 25th April. The salvorsproceeded to the assistance of the men whowere clinging to the capsized boat and pickedthem up, but one man was unconscious andcould not be resuscitated.
N O T I C E .
The next number of the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL will be published on the1st November, 1911.
10ice=I5atron— HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA.preai&ent-HIS GRACE THE Dl'KE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, K.G.Chairman— Sepurs=Gbairman—
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.C. SIR JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G., V.P.Secretary— GEORGE F. SHEE, ESQ., M.A.
Telegraphic Address:
" LIFE-BOATINSTITUTION,
LONDON."
Telephone:
No. 2964("GERRARD
EXCHANGE.")
THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT beg to state that during the past year (1910) theROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION expended £75,502 on its Life-boat Establishments.
GENEBAIi SUMMABY OF THE WOBE OF THE INSTITUTION DURING 1910.Number of Lives rescued by Life-boats, in addition to 60
Vessels and Boats saved by them and 35 persons landedfrom vessels in distress and lightships
Number of Lives saved by Shore-boats, &oAmount of Rewards granted during the YearHonorary Rewards:—Silver Medals and Clasps . . .
Binocular GlassesAneroid Barometers . . . .Votes of Thanks on Vellum . .Certificates o f Service . . . .
i. d.
649118
10,801
Total
4145
161049 ~~767 £10,801 - -
The number of Lives saved either by the Life-boats of the Society, or by special exertionsfor which it has granted rewards since its formation in 1824 (to 31st Dec., 1910), is 49,394. Therewards and recognitions granted by the Institution in the same period comprise 101 GoldMedals and Clasps, 1,273 Silver Medals and Clasps, 69 Decorations, 426 Binocular Glasses,15 Telescopes, 95 Aneroid Barometers, 1,932 Votes of Thanks inscribed on vellum andframed, 223 Certificates of Service framed, and £317,714 in money, including pensions toLife-boat crews, &c.
The Committee of Management of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION earnestlyappeal to the British Public for Funds to enable them to maintain their 284 Life-boats nowon the Coast and their Crews in the most perfect state of efficiency. This can only be effectedby a large and permanent annual income.
The work of the Life-boat should appeal to all, whether they reside inland or on the coast.There are probably few inhabitants of the United Kingdom who have not friends or relativeswho at one time or another " go down to the sea in ships," and no British men or women canbe indifferent to a work which is of peculiar interest to the people of the greatest maritimecountry in the world.
We cannot all take a personal part in the noble act of life-saving, but we can all at leastcontribute to help those who make this splendid work part and parcel of their normal duty,and to assist the women and children who may be left without support through the heroicself-sacrifice of husband, father or brother.
The Committee are confident that, in their endeavour to provide the brave Life-boatmen,who nobly hazard their lives in order that they may save others, with the best possible meangfor carrying on their great work, they will meet with the generous support of the public, sothat the scope and efficiency of our great life-saving service, of which the Nation has alwaysbeen so proud, may not have to be curtailed.
Annual Subscriptions and Donations are earnestly solicited, and will be thankfullyreceived by the Secretary, at the Institution, 22, CHASING CEOSS ROAD, London, W.C.; bythe Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. COUTTS AND Co., 440, Strand, London, W.C.; and byall the other Bankers in the United Kingdom.—August, 1911.
