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THE LIFE-BOAT. the Journal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution THE LIFE-BOAT. The Journal of the Royal National Life-boat Institution. VOL. XXIX. SEPTEMBER, 1933. No. 315. THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 120 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 56 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1933 .... 63,450 A Remarkable Life-boat Launch. By Mr. TOM F. BEVAN, Honorary Secretary of the Lynmouth Branch, and EX-COXSWAIN G. S. RICHARDS. IT was on the night of Thursday, Of the twelve other members of the 12th January, 1899, and the following crew, only three are alive—Mr. G. S. morning, that there took place one Richards, who joined the crew in 1882, of the most extraordinary life-boat became second-coxswain in 1886, and launches on record—the launch of the coxswain in 1926, retiring in 1931 after Lynmouth life-boat to the full-rigged forty-nine years of service in the life- ship Forest Hall, of Liverpool, a ship boat; Mr. R. Burgess, who joined the of 1,900 tons, with fifteen men on board. crew in 1887 and retired in 1931 ; and In order to launch the boat her crew Mr. W. Richards, who joined the crew and launchers took her for thirteen in 1899 and is now second-coxswain. miles, over Exmoor, climbing from sea- He was only sixteen years old at the level to a height of over 1,400 feet! time, and this was his first service. They had to dig down banks ; they had The other nine members of the crew to knock down gate-posts; they had were, R. Ridlen (bowman), G. Rawle, to break down walls—and all in the J. Ward, W. Jarvis, Charles Crick, middle of a fierce gale on a January B. Pennicott, David Crocombe, John night by the light of lamps which were Ridler and T. Pugsley. continually blowing out. It took them It is right that the full story of the 1Q| hours, but in the end they accom- launch should be written while it can plished what must at the beginning still be told by those who took part in have seemed impossible. it. It belongs to an epoch in life-boat A short account of this remarkable history which is now almost closed, feat appeared in The Life-boat at the before the motor life-boat and the time, and there have been articles in launching tractor had come, when, at the Press, but no complete account the oars at sea, and at the drag-ropes has yet been published. It is now on land, the service depended on the thirty-four years since the event. muscles of men—and on land, of Coxswain John Crocombe, who was women, too. The whole story, above in charge on that night, died last May. all, is an outstanding example of the 102 THE LIFE-BOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1933 courage and determination of the life- Richards, at that time second-in- boat service, undismayed and un- command of the life-boat. daunted even by seemingly hopeless odds. The Second Coxswain's Story. We had a telegram from Mr. Goddard, It was just about 7 P.M., at the height the Anchor Hotel, Porlock Weir, that of a whole westerly gale and right on there was a large ship drifting ashore, top of the spring tides, that a telegraph and sending up signals of distress for message was received from Porlock help. It was about 7 P.M. and just that a large vessel was flying distress gone high water, blowing a gale from signals in the bay and that she was in the west-north-west with a heavy sea imminent danger of running ashore. running. The sea was making a clean By those who are acquainted with the break over the walls on the esplanade, Bristol Channel, with its tides, the and the roads were covered to a depth position will be realized at once, and of 3 feet with water, so that it was no one understood it better than the impossible to launch the life-boat at Lynmouth life-boatmen. Lynmouth. The coxswain and I talked it- over IMPOSSIBLE TO LAUNCH. and thought the only thing to do was The wind had shifted a point north to get the boat to Porlock, if possible. and was blowing harder than ever. You should have then heard the The sea was sweeping right across the opinions of the crowd. They said it harbour and over the sea front. The would be impossible to get the boat sea-spray was like smoke. The tide there, but we had the sanction of the was turning. It was obviously im- honorary secretary, the Rev. A. R. possible to launch the boat from the Hockley, to go and do the best we could. beach in face of such a gale. Nor We sent to Mr. T. Jones for horses, could any further message be got to at Lynton. He sent down sixteen to or from Porlock, for after that one twenty in charge of Tom Willis, the message the wires had been blown driver. We had then to send away our down. Those responsible at Lynmouth signalman, R. Moore, with a horse and were faced with the alternative of cart and half a dozen men with pickaxes attempting the almost superhuman and shovels, to dig down the banks to task of taking the boat to Porlock by make the road wide enough for the land, or abandoning the ship, not carriage to get through, as it was very knowing whether or not, unaided, she narrow in places. In the cart we put would survive the storm. The decision all the flat wooden skids we had, was quickly made. Horses were because we knew we had a mile of requisitioned. Every available man road, known as Ashton Lane, where it and woman in the village set out to would be impossible to get the carriage help the life-boat on a journey which through. entailed the ascent of the famous Countisbury Hill with its gradient of A WHEEL COMES OFF. 1 in 4 \ up to the village of Countisbury, We started from Lynmouth about 8 1,000 feet up on the open moor; the P.M., having all the horses attached to descent of Porlock Hill, so well known the carriage. Our greatest trouble was to the motoring public of to-day, and lights, as we had only flares, called finally the launch at 6 A.M. the follow- ducks, and oil lanthorns. At first the ing morning, after a night of as ar- horses could not pull together, but with duous and unexpected labours as the help of the men and the women life-boatmen have ever had to tackle. we managed to get up Countisbury During the whole journey the gale Hill. Here we had a bit of ill-luck. blew with unabated violence, accom- One of the wheels came off, as the linch- panied by driving rain. The men were pin had been loosened by the continual soaked almost before they had started, knocking against the bank. With the and they were without food for the jacks, and willing helpers, we got the whole of the time. wheel on again, fitted a spare linchpin Here is the full story of that strange and continued on our journey. We journey, told by ex-Coxswain G. S. were now at the top of Blue Ball, a SEPTEMBER, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 103 THE LATE COXSWAIN JOHN CROCOMBE, OF LYNMOUTH. Second Coxswain from 1882-1886, and Coxswain from 1886-1926. By courtesy of] [SJieppard, LynmavOt THE THREE SURVIVORS OF THE LYNMOUTH CREW OF 1899. Left to right—R. Burgess, G. S. Richards (who was second coxswain from 1886-1926, and cox- swain from 1926-1931), and W. Richards (now second coxswain). 104 THE LIFE-BOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1933. very exposed part of Exmoor, 1,000 and drag-ropes, put the drag and feet above sea-level. It was blowing safety chains on the wheels and lash a gale of wind and raining like mad. the boat to her carriage, as this was Here many of our helpers decided to one of the heaviest loads known to turn back. We were left with about have gone down Porlock Hill, but old twenty, and pushed on. Our greatest Tom said if we were able to keep the difficulty now was keeping the lights lit. boat from slipping off her carriage he We got on all right until we caught would be able to get around the corners, up with Moore, the signalman, and his very dangerous though they were. men. They had dug down a wall on To everyone's surprise we managed the Lynmouth side of Glenthorn White to get down without any trouble, until Gate, but Moore said we could not get we reached the bottom of the hill. the boat and carriage through Ashton Here we came to the old cottages and Lane on the other side of the gate found there was not width for the as it was only seven feet wide in places. carriage to'go through, so down came Jack Crocombe, the coxswain, said we the walls. We did not half get choked had come so far, and we were not going off by the old lady of the house. She to turn back without having a good try wanted to know what right we'had for it. It was now that our biggest bringing a thing like that at this time trouble began. We had first to take of night, knocking down people's walls the boat off the carriage.
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