THE LIFE-BOAT. The Journal of the Royal National Life-boat Institution.

VOL. XXX. OCTOBER, 1936. No. 327.

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 131 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 37 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to September 30th, 1936 - - - - 64,752

King Edward Vffl and the Life-boat Service. As has already been announced in The Guild. He spoke and presented the Life-boat, the King has been graciously medals for gallantry three years later pleased to become Patron of the at the centenary meeting at the Man- Institution. He is the sixth sovereign sion House, at which the Lord Mayor to be Patron. Like his father and his presided. He presided at the annual grandfather, he has assumed that meeting again in 1928, in 1931, and in position on coming to the throne, after 1934. He had already promised to having been the Institution's President preside again this year when the death as Prince of Wales. He was President of King George cancelled that and all for seventeen years, from 1919 until his other public engagements. his accession to the throne on January 20th, 1936. His Centenary Appeal. At the beginning of his first life- During the memorable year of the boat speech he said: " I am glad Institution's centenary in 1924, he to carry on the close relationship issued a special appeal *' to the men between my family and the life-boat and women of our Empire to give service, which has marked the history generously in support of this great of the Institution since its foundation service." Besides speaking at the meet- nearly a hundred years ago." During ing at the Mansion House, he presided his seventeen years as President he at the centenary dinner, at which the has made that relationship closer than honoured guests were the Institution's it has ever been before, and even those gold medallists and the representatives most familiar with the life-boat service of the foreign life-boat services who may be surprised, on reading this brief had attended the first international record of the Prince of Wales's associa- life-boat conference. Later in the year tion with the service, to see how he attended the centenary thanks- personal, how active, and how generous giving service in London, and wrote has been his interest in every side of an autograph letter, thanking the its work. honorary workers and the staff of the Institution for their work during His Life-boat Speeches. the centenary year. The Prince of Wales presided for In 1926 he spoke at the meeting of the first time at the Institution's annual the general council of the Ladies' Life- meeting in 1921, when he announced boat Guild, which was held in London, the formation of the Ladies' Life-boat at the house of the Guild's president, 110 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936

THE KING AND THE LIFE-BOAT SERVICE.

By courtesy of} [Central Nan ON BOARD THE ST. MARY'S, ISLES OF SCILLY, MOTOR LIFE-BOAT, 1921.

By cmtrtuy uf] I Newspaper Illustrations, Ud. AT HIS FIRST ANNUAL MEETING, 1921. On board a life-boat at Westminster with the Chief Inspector. In front are member» of the Fishguard cr«w to whom he presented medals. DCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 111

THE KING AND THE LIFE-BOAT SERVICE.

By courtesy of] [Central Press WITH A LIFE-BOAT COLLECTOR. On Prince of Wales's Day in Greater London, in 1923.

By courtesy of] [Photo Press WITH THE WIDOW OF COXSWAIN PATTON, OF RUNSWICK. At the annual meeting in 1934 after presenting to Mrs. Fatten the gold medal posthumously awarded to her husband for his gallantry in sacrificing his own life to save a lame man from the sinking steamer Disperser of West Hartlepool, on February 8th, 1934. 112 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936. the Duchess of Sutherland. He went presented five motor life-boats to the to Edinburgh in 1929 to speak at a Institution. Three years later he Scottish National Life-boat Assembly, made a similar appeal to the trawler where the Scottish silver medallists owners. were presented to him, and then went on to Glasgow, to be present at a life- His Interest in Life-boat Days. boat ball on board the s.s. Transylvania. He took a special interest in the most In 1932 he attended a ball given by popular of the Institution's appeals, the Liverpool branch. the life-boat flag days. Twice, first in He named three motor life-boats, 1923, the Institution's hundredth year, the B.A.S.P., at Yarmouth, Isle of and again in 1935, in celebration of Wight in 1926; the Sir William Hillary, King George's Silver Jubilee, he gave at Dover in 1930 ; and the George Shee, his own name to these appeals, which at Torbay in 1932. Two motor life- were carried out as Prince of Wales boats are named after him, the Prince Day for the Life-boats. In 1923 he David, which was stationed at Barry took part himself in Prince of Wales Dock, Glamorganshire in 1922, and Day in Greater London, visited a the Edward Prince of Wales, which number of the depots, and, after the was stationed at The Mumbles, day, sent his thanks to the collectors Glamorganshire in 1924. and the public. In the same year he was at Wolverhampton, and received His Visits to the Coast. the cheque for the collection on Prince At the annual meetings, when he of Wales Day. In 1927 he made a presented medals, at the naming cere- special appeal for a generous response monies, and on his other visits to the on life-boat days, and in 1928 he again coast, he met and talked to scores of took part in fife-boat day in Greater life-boatmen. Nothing, perhaps, has London, visiting a number of the shown more clearly his generous interest depots. His opinion of such appeals in the Institution than his readiness, was emphatic. He said: " Every when on the coast on other business, town ought to have a flag day for the to spare time to visit the life-boat life-boat." stations and meet the crews. A month He saw in Paris the film " The Black after his first presidential address at Journey", the record of the journey the annual meeting in 1921, when he by Citroen tracked cars from Algiers was touring his Duchy of Cornwall, to the Cape, and himself suggested he went out in the motor life-boat at that it should be shown in England St. Mary's, Scilh'es. When he opened on behalf of the life-boat service. He the new pavilion and promenade at was present when the film was shown, Hastings in 1925, he visited the life- and went on to the stage to speak of boat station, went aboard the boat, the nation's pride hi its life-boat and was made a member of the fisher- service, and to thank those who had men's Winkle Club, being presented helped it. He was present again with a winkle in gold. In 1928 at when the film of the Citroen expedition Grimsby, where he went to open a new across Asia, " An Eastern Odyssey " bridge, he took the opportunity to was shown on behalf of the Institution speak of the life-boat service, and his in 1934. pride in being its President. In 1931, In ,1930 he received the King and when he went to Eastbourne to lay Queen, when they attended the life-boat the foundation stone of. a hospital, he matinee at the Hippodrome in London, visited the life-boat station and met and in 1929 when he was in Bradford, the crew. opening the new buildings of the He took a close interest in the chamber of commerce, and found that financial side of the Institution's work, the annual life-boat matinee was being and again and again gave the full weight held at the Alhambra the same''day, he of his name and influence to its appeals. not only went to it, but spoke from At the annual meeting in 1928 he his box. made a direct and personal appeal to His Personal Appeals. the great shipping companies, with He wrote an introduction to Britain's the result that six of the leading lines Life-boats, the record of the first OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 113 hundred years of the life-boat service, examples of his kindness as the Insti- which was published in 1923, and in tution's President which should be 1932 he wrote an introduction to recorded. After the annual meeting Launch, by Major General Lord in 1928, he went to the Westminster Mottistone, coxswain of the Brooke Hospital to visit, in the incurable life-boat. ward, a woman who, though crippled By his presence, by his speech, and bedridden, had for many years and with his pen, he has always been been a life-boat worker. ready to give the life-boat service In the waiting-room at St. James's his help, and his words appealing Palace, he had a life-boat collecting personally to the people of Great box. It was the only collecting box Britain and the British Empire on there. behalf of the service, must have been He did for the Institution, again read by millions in the Institu- and again, what only he, as Prince of tion's journal, its leaflets and its Wales, could do, and he did not disdain advertisements. to do for it what even the humblest There are two still more personal can do.

French Medals for Three Life-boat Crews. Barry Dock, Torbay and Longhope. THE French Government has awarded rescue of the crew of 41 men of the medals to English, Scottish and Welsh French trawler Neptunia, of Havre, on life-boat crews for gallantry last winter. 21st February, 1936, Mr. Jones, During the seven months, from Coxswain Mogridge and Coxswain Dass the beginning of September, 1935 to received their medals from the Duke the end of March, 1936, life-boats of of Kent at the annual meeting of the the Institution went out to the help Institution.1 of 28 foreign vessels, rescued 119 For these three services the French lives from them, and saved or helped Government has awarded the following to save from destruction 13 of the medals : To Mr. A. C. Jones, of Barry vessels. Six of these 28 vessels were Dock, the silver medal of salvage, and French, and 52 French lives were the bronze medal to each of the seven rescued. other members of the crew; to Three of those six services to Coxswain William Mogridge, of Torbay, French vessels were of outstanding the silver medal (first-class), to Second gallantry, and the Institution awarded Coxswain W. Pillar the silver medal medals for them. These three services (second-class), and the bronze medal were by the motor life-boats at Barry to each of the six other members of Dock, Glamorganshire; Torbay, Devon; the crew; to Coxswain William Dass, and Longhope, Orkneys. of Longhope, the silver medal, and the Mr. A. C. Jones, the honorary secre- bronze medal to each of the seven other tary at Barry Dock, who took charge of members of the crew. With each the life-boat in the absence of the medal a diploma was also awarded. coxswain, was awarded the silver The Barry Dock medals were pre- medal, and each member of the crew sented onllth February by the French the bronze medal for the rescue of the consul in Cardiff^ at a dinner which he crew of six men of the French schooner gave in honour of Mr. Jones and the Goeland, of Paimpol, on 17th September, crew, and others who had rendered 1935. Coxswain William Mogridge, of services to France. Among those Torbay, was awarded the bronze medal present were the Lord Mayor and for the rescue of the skipper of the Lady Mayoress of Cardiff and Captain French trawler Satanicle, of Cherbourg, 1 Au account of the Barry Dock service was published on 30th December, 1935. Coxswain in The Life-toot for December. 1935, and an account of the Torbay service in The Life-boat for March, 1936. William Dass, of Longhope, Orkneys, An account of the I/ongbope service Is published on page was awarded the bronze medal for the 120 of thl» issue. 114 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936. Kerebel, master of the Goeland, who Dock crew by the Right Hon. the Earl thanked the life-boat crew. The toast of Plymouth, P.C., president of the of the crew was drunk, and Mr. A. C. branch, on 3rd June. Jones replied. The Institution's The French medals for Torbay and medals were presented to the Barry Longhope will be presented later.

The Fourth International Life-boat Conference. By Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Secretary of the Institution. SINCE the Royal National Life-boat chairman of the Institution; Captain Institution, in its Centenary year of V. S. Rashleigh, C.B.E., R.N., Chief 1924, organized the first International Inspector of H.M. Coastguard (repre- Life-boat Conference ever held, it has senting the Board of Trade); Captain become the custom to hold such con- R. L. Hamer, R.N., deputy chief ferences in different countries every inspector of life-boats, representing the four years. Paris and Amsterdam chief inspector; Captain A. G. Bremner, staged the conferences of 1928 and 1932 R.N., the Institution's superintendent and the Conference of 1936 was engineer; Mr. J. R. Barnett, O.B.E., organized by the Swedish Life-boat M.I.N.A., consulting naval architect Society and held in Gothenburg to the Institution, and myself. We between July 7th and 9th. contributed five papers between us. Although the Swedish Government Captain Rashleigh's was on rescuing is responsible for a number of life- lives from the shore ; the Institution's saving stations, with twelve pulling four papers were on wireless telephony life-boats and some rocket apparatus, in life-boats ; light, high-speed Diesel the main organization in Sweden is in engines ; the tunnels and rudders of the hands of a society like our own, life-boats; and the organization of supported by voluntary contributions. the Institution. It was founded in 1903, and has twenty- Among the many delegates whom seven life-boat stations, at ten of which we now feel entitled to call old friends, motor life-boats are maintained. both from our association at previous Three of the motor life-boats carry out conferences and from constant patrol work outside the " skerries " collaboration at other times, I would which abound on the Swedish coast; mention the Dutch contingent, our and the society also maintains rocket hosts of 1932: Mr. Tegelberg, Baron apparatus at seventeen stations. Sweerts, Mr. Wierdsma, Captain de Booy and his son, Lieut.-Commander Sixteen Nations Represented. Theodore de Booy, the present secre- Space does not permit me to give a tary of the North and South Holland complete list of the delegates, nor of Life-boat Society, and Professor the papers contributed for discussion. Vossnack; Vice-Admiral Lacaze, Sixteen nations sent representatives, President of the French Societe and the total number of delegates was Centrale, its secretary, Captain Le fifty-four. Twenty-four papers were Verger, its chief inspector, Captain contributed, printed and circulated in Cogniet, and Professor BarriUon; advance, and discussed at the Con- Captain Fabricius, of Denmark; ference. It was particularly fortunate Captain Benno Mentz, the German that the United States, not represented chief inspector, who made the trip in Holland in 1932, were able to send to Gothenburg in a motor life- a strong delegation, representing the boat ; and Commandant Goor, of United States Coast Guard ; and that Belgium. Iceland, on the coast of which so many One old friend was missing, the late British trawlers meet disaster, was Captain Vogt of Norway, his place also represented, for the firsts time a* being taken by the new secretary of these Conferences. the Norwegian Society, Captain Hans The British delegation consisted of Holter. Our Swedish friends I will the Hon. George Colville, deputy mention later. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 115

The conference was a happy blend presence of Their Royal Highnesses of hard work and hospitable entertain- the Crown Prince and Princess of ment. Hard work, unquestionably, Sweden, to whom all delegates were for the subjects of the papers covered presented. Their Royal Highnesses all aspects of the work of our societies, remained during the discussion of the from publicity questions to engine earlier papers. The chair was taken design, and included organization, alternately by Commander Gibson, rescues from the shore, life-boat design who is a descendant of a Scottish and tank experiments on models, family which settled in Sweden in new items and new designs of life- the early days of the nineteenth boat and line-throwing equipment, century, and by Director Erik Hagg, and the ever-important question of representing the Royal Swedish signals. A most interesting item was Administration of Pilotage, Light- the showing of a film of a model life- houses and Buoys. On the first and boat in broken water, made by third days we had a full day's work

DELEGATES AT THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE-BOAT CONFERENCE AT GOTHENBURG. Professor Barrillon, of France. The indoors, broken only by lunch and discussion, which was in English, an inspection of the interesting ex- revealed considerable divergence in hibits in the Marine Museum. On practice, but a common aim, the the second day we were entertained to saving of life at sea, and I think we lunch by the Royal Gothenburg Yacht from Great Britain can feel that while Club at Langedrag, where the Swedish we have learnt much, we have also motor life-boats Adolf Bratt, Justus A. been able to help others engaged in Waller, Wilhelm Lundgren and Max the great task to which we all are Sievert were on view together with dedicated. the Daniel Denkers, in which Captain The conference was held in the Mentz had made the passage from the Marine Museum of Gothenburg, and German coast. This day was the was declared open by Commander only one of our stay in Sweden when William Gibson, the President of the the weather was unkind, and our Swedish Society, in the gracious inspection of these fine boats was 116 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936. curtailed by heavy rain. This, how- to most of the delegates. It was ever, did not prevent our technical afterwards announced that Commander officers from obtaining a detailed in- Gibson had been created a commodore sight into Swedish practice in life-boat of the Second Class of the Order of construction and equipment. Vasa, and that Captain Sten Isbeig, On the last day of the conference the secretary of the conference, had a telegram was received from His been made a Knight of the Order of Majesty the King of Sweden, convey- the Polar Star. ing his hearty greetings to all delegates. A message was also received from the President of the Imperial Life-saving Unforgettable Hospitality. Society of Japan, and a letter was On the second day of the conference read from Sir George Shee, the late the Lord Lieutenant gave a luncheon secretary of the Institution, in which party to the principal delegates, while he expressed his regret at not being on the second evening all were enter- able to accept the invitation of the tained at dinner by Mr. Edvard Swedish Society to be present. At Lithander at the Villa Baidara, on the close of the conference Mr. Colville the Island of Marstrand, which lies expressed the thanks of all to the chair- in the archipelago off the coast. On men, the secretary of the conference, our last night we were the guests of and to all who had contributed to Commander Gibson at Jonsered Manor, make the conference so valuable and the house built by his Scottish enjoyable. ancestors, standing high above a lake with wooded shores, an un- forgettable sight in the long The Crown Prince's Speech. northern twilight. Swedish hos- The hospitality we enjoyed we shall pitality must be experienced to be never forget. On the first evening believed. we were entertained at dinner in the Our ship sailed from Gothenburg beautiful Botanical Garden of Gothen- on Saturday, the llth July, and some burg, while on the second we were the of us felt that a visit to Sweden would guests of the City of Gothenburg at not be complete without a sight of a banquet held in the magnificent its capital city. By travelling on the rooms of the Exchange Building. This night train, we were able to spend a banquet was graced by the presence full day in Stockholm, a day we shall of Their Royal Highnesses the Crown never forget. It is a city of lakes, Prince and Crown Princess. The Lord rivers and islands and of glorious Lieutenant and members of the City buildings—the City Hall is undoubtedly Council also attended, and, besides the finest achievement of modern the conference delegates, the Admiral architecture in the world—but, above commanding the United States Naval all, of open water, scintillating in the Squadron, which was paying a visit northern sunshine. There are 12,000 to the port, and some of his officers, motor boats in Stockholm. were guests. The Crown Prince's The organization of the conference speech, which was in English, was a was excellent. To Captain Sten Isberg, gracious tribute to the life-boat services the secretary, and to his numerous of the world, while Commander Gibson, band of willing assistants, the greatest in proposing the toast of the life-boat- credit and the warmest thanks of all men of all nations, recalled the origin delegations are due. The city of of life-boat work in Great Britain, Gothenburg, the great west coast and the name and achievements of port of Sweden, founded by Gustavus Sir William Hillary. Mr. Tegelberg Adolphus in 1619, made an ideal replied for the conference delegates. setting. Our Swedish hosts were one After the dinner we enjoyed the and all charming, efficient and helpful, singing of the well-known Swedish and many of us will hope to re-visit prima-donna, Mme. Gertrude Palsson- their pleasant country, so easily reached Wettergren, and the local life-boat by the excellent Swedish Lloyd crew were presented to Their Royal steamers. Of the value of these con- Highnesses, who also graciously spoke ferences none can be in doubt. There OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 117

is much good in an exchange of views refused to address the delegates as on technical matters, and still more " foreigners," but chose the word in friendly intercourse between the " friends ", and I will conclude with nationals of different countries, divided the final words of his address at the perhaps by the complex political condi- close of the conference: " May we tions of the modern world, but united succeed, in our future friendly co- in the cause of humanity. Our chair- operation, in robbing our old friend man, Commander Gibson, struck the and enemy, the sea, of some of his true note of the conference when he peril."

Foreign Life-boat Services. Rescues from British Vessels in 1935, and Numbers of the Fleets. DURING 1935 foreign life-boats went Germany. to the help of 22 British vessels. One The yacht Blue Skatow, with 9 on of these services was by Belgium, 1 by board, ran aground on 23rd September Germany, 1 by Iceland, 3 by France, in a heavy storm at the mouth of the 3 by Holland, and 13 by the United Elbe. She refloated, but was in a States. dangerous position, and was towed in. The German life-boat fleet has 31 Belgium. motor life-boats and 65 pulling life- On the night of 14th to 15th Septem- boats. ber, the yacht Minna Dhu was in Holland. distress off Ostend, with four people on On 17th September an English yacht, board, in a gale and a rough sea. She stranded at Petten on the coast of was towed into Ostend. North Holland, and the Ymuiden motor The Belgian life-boat service has 7 life-boat went out to her, but the two stations, with 3 motor life-boats, 7 men on board got ashore without help. pulling and sailing, and 4 tugs. Each On 29th October the steam drifter station has rocket life-saving apparatus Boy Scout was in difficulties off Ymuiden and there are 2 stations with this and wanted a tug. Through the help apparatus only. of the life-boat station she was taken in tow by another English drifter. On Denmark. 20th October, the Pendennis was in There were no services to British danger of sinking off Oostmahorn, and vessels. the motor life-boat went out, but the The Danish life-boat service has 64 Pendennis's crew had already been stations, with a fleet of 21 motor life- rescued by a Norwegian ship. boats and 39 pulling and sailing life- The North and South Holland Society boats. Thirteen of its stations have has a fleet of 11 motor life-boats and rocket life-saving apparatus only. 24 pulling and sailing. It has also 20 life-saving apparatus. The South France. Holland Society has 7 motor life-boats The French life-boat service went and 4 pulling and sailing, making a to the help of 3 British vessels, the total fleet on the Dutch coast of 18 steamer Devonbrook, of Liverpool, which motor life-boats and 28 pulling and stranded on 1st January at Trouville, sailing life-boats. the steamer Bramhall, which stranded on 27th September at Lescanil, on the Iceland. coast of Brittany, and the yacht The On 26th October the British trawler Blue Shadow, which was disabled on Waldorf, of Grimsby, went ashore in a 23rd November off Guilvinec, Brittany, snowstorm in Seydisfjord. Her crew and was towed in. got ashore in their own boat, and the The French life-boat fleet has 40 coastguard boat JEgir got the trawler motor life-boats and 68 pulling and afloat, and towed her to Reykjavik. . sailing. Iceland now has one British-built 118 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBEE, 1936. pulling and sailing life-boat of the motor life-boats and 17 pulling and self-righting type and five pulling and sailing life-boats. sailing surf-boats. Latvia. Turkey. There were no services to British There were no services to British vessels. vessels. The Latvian fleet consists of 3 motor The Turkish fleet consists of 9 life-boats, 7 sailing and 6 pulling. It pulling and sailing life-boats. has also 2 rocket life-saving apparatus. The United States. Norway. The United States went to the help There were no services to British of 13 British vessels. Of these vessels, vessels. 5 were taken in tow when their engines The Norwegian fleet consists of 11 had broken down; 1 was taken in tow motor ketches, 16 sailing ketches, and when unable to make way against the 2 surf-boats. There are also 32 stations tide ; 2 were refloated ; 1 was piloted ; with life-saving apparatus. 1 was freed when caught in the ice; 1 helped out of harbour; to another a Portugal. pilot was taken out; and a sick man was There were no services to British brought ashore from another. Ten vessels. lives were rescued in the course of these The Portuguese fleet consists of 6 services, 9 of them being from the motor life-boats and 40 pulling and steamer Semiramis, on 10th November. sailing life-boats. She had been adrift for a week with her engine disabled, and was towed 315 Spain. miles to Cuba. In addition to these There were no services to British British vessels help was given to 39 vessels. Canadian vessels. The Spanish fleet consists of 18 motor The United States fleet consists of life-boats and 27 pulling and sailing. 2 52-feet motor life-boats, which have There are also 15 stations provided with been built during the past year, 137 life-saving apparatus, either rockets or self-righting motor life-boats, 171 motor guns. surf-boats and 293 pulling surf-boats, Sweden. a total fleet of 603 life-boats. There were no services to British vessels. Japan, Roumania and Russia. The fleet of the Swedish Society No information has been received for Saving Life from Shipwreck con- from Japan, Roumania and Russia. sists of 3 cruising motor life-boats, 8 motor life-boats, and 5 pulling and British Services to Foreign Vessels. sailing life-boats. One of its motor During the year British life-boats life-boat stations, and its 5 pulling and helped 17 foreign vessels, belonging to sailing life-boat stations have rocket 10 different countries, and rescued life-saving apparatus, and there are 3 115 lives from them. They were also stations with this apparatus only. called out to 13 other foreign vessels, The Government maintains 12 pull- but their help was not needed. Of the ing and sailing life-boats. Eight of 17 vessels to which help was given, 3 these 12 stations have also rocket life- were French, 3 Swedish, 2 German, saving apparatus, and there are 6 2 Belgian, 2 Greek, and 1 each from stations with this apparatus only. the United States, Holland, Norway, This makes a total Swedish fleet of 11 Iceland and Danzig.

Portrait on the Cover. The portrait on the cover is of bowman of the Ramsey life-boat for Coxswain John Thomas Lord, of Ram- nearly three years, he was appointed sey, Isle of Man. After serving as coxswain in October, 1930. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 119

Life-boat Christmas Card and Calendar.

THE Institution is again issuing a quantities from twenty-five to fifty. If life-boat Christmas card and calendar. fifty or more are ordered, no charge They will both have reproduced on will be made for printing the name and them in colours a picture, specially address. linted for the Institution by Mr. As in previous years, the calendar will gernard Gribble, of the Ballycotton have the record of lives saved printed motor life-boat rescuing the last two on the front and other particulars on men from the Daunt Rock Lightship on the back. the night of 13th February last, the It will be 11J inches long by 9 inches climax of an heroic service which lasted wide, and can be obtained from the over sixty hours, and for which Co^- Institution in any quantity, post frfee, swain Sliney received the Institution's Is. each, or 10s. a dozen, this price gold medal, and the members of the including an envelope with each calen- crew silver and bronze medals. A full dar. It wjll weigh, in the envelope, account of the service was published just under four ounces, so that it can be in the June issue of The Life-boat. sent througft the post, with the envelope The Christmas card will be an eight- open, for Id. page card with the Institution's crest Those who wish to order calendars embossed on the front, and inside and cards can do so at once. The Christmas and New Year greetings, cards are ready and the calendars but no other printing. The price will will be ready early in November. be 4d. each, with envelope. If twenty- Orders should be sent to the five or more are ordered, name and Secretary, Royal National Life-boat address can be prjnted under the Institution, 42, Grosvenor Gardens, greetings. The price with name and London, S.W.I, and postal orders or address printed will be 6d. each for stamps enclosed. 120 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBEK, 1936.

A Bronze-Medal Service at Longhope. AT 7.20 on the evening of 21st February, The life-boat could not get alongside 1936, a large trawler was seen to have the wreck from ahead or astern of her, gone ashore at Brims Ness, at the as rocks ran out at her bow and stern, entrance of the aith in which the life- so the coxswain anchored to windward boat house is situated. The motor and veered down on the cable until life-boat herself, however, the Thomas the life-boat was twenty-five yards McCunn, was lying at Longhope pier, from the wreck. The line-throwing some eight miles away by sea. She had gun was then fired, a heavy line passed been out on service already that day, to the wreck, and her crew told to take to the Pentland Skerries, and had it to her bow and ease the life-boat returned at 3.30 P.M., but owing to the alongside, so that she should not come sea running it was impossible to get her to the wreck stern first, with the risk back into the boat-house. The maroons of damaging her rudder. But the were fired, the crew were fetched by trawler's crew understood no English. car, and only twenty minutes after the Instead of helping to get the life-boat wreck had been seen the life-boat cast alongside, they launched a boat of off. She went out into the Pentland their own—a 25-ft. boat fitted with Firth and then west towards Brims air-cases—on the lee side of the wreck, Ness, keeping close inshore to avoid a brought her round to the weather side, spring flood tide which was running and made fast the life-boat's rope to very strongly. The night was excep- one end of her and their own rope to tionally dark, with misty rain and the other end. This boat was then squalls of sleet, and a strong south- hauled to and from the life-boat five easterly wind was blowing against the times and the trawler's big crew of tide, making a rough sea. forty-one men were all rescued. The The life-boat reached Brims Ness at ship's boat was then cut adrift 9 o'clock, and by the light of her and the life-boat arrived at Long- searchlight found the French trawler hope pier again at 11.15 P.M. This Neptunia, of Havre, lying on the rocks was the life-boat's third service in known as the Tails of Brims. She was sixty hours. nearly parallel with the shore, which It was a service in which the life- was only a few yards off on her star- boat was skilfully and courageously board side. The wind and sea were on handled, in conditions made the more her port beam. She had a heavy list to difficult by the intense darkness. The port and her gunwale amidships was searchlight was in use the whole time. under water. She had launched one To COXSWAIN WILLIAM DASS the of her boats, but it had been stove in Institution has awarded its bronze and washed away. The coastguards' medal and a copy of the vote inscribed life-saving rocket apparatus was as- on vellum and framed. sembled, but near though the wreck To the coxswain and each member of was to the shore, it was impossible to the crew it has made an award of £1 rescue her crew from the shore, as the in addition to the usual money awards sea on the rocks was so heavy that the on the standard scale, making an award men could not be hauled through it of £2 17s. Qd. to each man. The total with the gear available. awards paid amounted to £22 12s.

The Gold Medal Service at Bally cotton. As a result of the account by Mr. last February, the Institution has Robert H. Mahony, honorary secretary received special gifts of £500, £50, £30, of the Ballycotton station, in the June and a number of gifts of smaller issue of The Life-boat, of the very amounts, all sent in admiration gallant service of the Ballycotton motor of the gallantry of the Ballycotton life-boat to the Daunt Rock Lightship crew. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 121

WRECKED IN THE ORKNEYS.

ELEVEN LIVES SAVED. The Hull trawler Siierite ashore 'on Rora Head. (Seepage 128.)

By courtesy of} [Star Photos, Perth FORTY-ONE LIVES SAVED. The French trawler Neptunia ashore near Longhope. (Set opposite page.) 122 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

Life-boats as Ambulances. AT about midnight on 19th April an The life-boat got back to her station at urgent message was signalled from the 2.45 in the afternoon. The rewards island of Papa Stour, in the Shetlands, to the crew and other expenses of the asking for a doctor and a nurse to be service were paid by the Department sent at once to the help of a boy, four of Health for Scotland. years old, who had fractured his thigh. This is the third occasion in fifteen The message was picked up at Sandness months on which the Aith motor life- and passed on to Aith. A whole north boat has been to Papa Stour in a gale on gale was blowing, with a very heavy account of an urgent case of illness. sea. It was snowing and very cold. In January 1935 she took Dr. Mackenzie No ordinary boat could have made the and Miss Morrison to a man who had journey in such weather, and the been seriously injured in an accident. motor life-boat, The Rankin, was called In October 1935 she took them again, out to bring the boy over from Papa and also a surgeon, to perform an Stour to the mainland. If she had urgent operation. gone for him at once the tide would During the present year four other have been running in the teeth of the motor life-boats have acted as ambu- gale on the return journey. So that lances. he might make it in the most favourable Last February and March, the motor conditions the journey was delayed. life-boat Thomas McCunn, at Long- The life-boat put out at seven in the hope, Orkneys, brought two serious morning, reaching Papa Stour, a cases of appendicitis from islands to distance of ten miles, two hours later. the mainland. In February the motor On the way she picked up Dr. Roy life-boat Cunard, at St. Mary's, Isles Mackenzie, of Walls, and the district of Scilly, brought a serious case of nurse, Miss Mary Morrison. Landing appendicitis to Penzance, and also them was very difficult as they had took a doctor in a hurricane to attend to be taken ashore in a small rowing to a grave case of illness in a neighbour- boat. It was even more difficult to get ing island. In January the Barrow the little boy into the life-boat. The motor life-boat brought ashore in a rough sea made the handling of a gale, from the motor vessel Innishaven, stretcher impossible in a small boat, of Chester, a man. who had been injured so a box was hastily made and the by being washed against a winch ; and boy was strapped into it. in March the Dun Laoghaire motor In this box he was taken out to the life-boat brought ashore from the life-boat, and, in spite of the heavy Kish lightship in Dublin Bay one of seas breaking over her, he was got her crew who had fallen overboard safely on board. The life-boat then and had to be taken to hospital. Thus, n^pide for the mainland, and landed the in the past twelve months, life-boats have boy at West Burrafirth. From there acted as ambulances in three cases of he was taken by motor bus to the accident and three of appendicitis, and hospital at Lerwick, thirty miles away. have taken doctors to two urgent cases.

400 Hours' Labour. A MODEL of the 51-feet Barnett Strom- with great success in appealing for ness motor life-boat George Shee, which funds. It was so used at the life-boat is stationed at Torbay, has been made days at Dartmouth, Paignton and by Mr. Charles Young of Dartmouth, Brixham, Mr. Young and Alderman and his staff, and by Alderman F. Scardifield taking it through the Scardifield, also of Dartmouth. It streets. The model is to be kept at took 400 hours to make and has the Torbay station and will be used been presented by the makers to the for life-boat days in the western Institution. The model is being used counties. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 123

Services of the Life-boats. Reported to the April, May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management. Launches. 110. Lives rescued 113. April Meeting. and the dog in the ship's small boat. Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wezford On The Albatros had disappeared, either the evening of the 5th February the foundered or blown out to sea. With s.s. Elsie Annie, of Wexford, ran some difficulty the men and the dog aground on the North Dogger bank, were rescued, and the life-boat returned N.W. of the bar. She carried a crew to her station at 5.15 P.M.—Rewards, of nine and a pilot, and was bound with £16 14s. 9d. a cargo of coal from Ayr to Wexford. A strong S. by E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. It was raining, Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—On and very cold. News was received the afternoon of the 8th March it was from the harbour-master, and the learned that the s.s. Wexfordian, of motor life-boat K.E.C.F. put out at Wexford, which had been aground on 7.45 P.M. She found the Elne Annie South Dogger Bank since the 29th in a very bad position, broadside on February, was in need of help. A to the bank, with the seas breaking strong N.E. by E. breeze was blowing, right across her. The life-boat stood a rough sea running, and the weather by all night, but the master did not was thick, with sleet. The motor want to leave his ship, and she returneji life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched at to her station at 9.15 A.M. on the 6th. 4.45 P.M., and found that the Wex- She had been on service for thirteen fordian's boilers were out of order, and a half hours. A watch was kept and that there was no hope of salving on the Elsie Annie. With wind and her. Nine of the crew wanted to leave sea increasing during the day, her her, but the captain, mate, chief officer position became very dangerous, and and pilot decided to remain on board the life-boat put out again at 4 P.M. for the time being. The life-boat on the 6th. The Elsie Annie was landed the nine men on the pier, and being driven broadside over the bank, returned to her station at 8 P.M. Next with seas making a clean breach over day the owners of the Wexfordian her. With great difficulty the life- arrived at Rosslare Harbour, and asked boat got alongside and rescued the for the life-boat to fetch the remaining ten men, and returned to Rosslare four men ashore, as it was too dangerous again at 9 P.M. It was a fine service, for them to stay on board any longer. carried out in very bad conditions. The life-boat put out at 3 P.M., took The thanks of the Institution the men off and landed them at the inscribed on vellum were awarded harbour. She arrived back at her to COXSWAIN JAMES WICKHAM and station at 7 P.M. A letter of thanks special money awards were granted and a donation of £20 was received to him and each member of his from the owner in appreciation of crew. services rendered to his steamers, Wexfordian and Elsie Annie.—Per- Sennen Cove, Cornwall. — On the manent paid crew ; Rewards, £7 7s. 9d. afternoon of the 10th February the (For report of the service to the ketch Albatros, of Brest, which was Elsie Annie see previous column. weatherbound in Whitesand Bay, hoisted a distress signal. She carried Walmer, Kent.—On the afternoon of a crew of four and a dog, and was the 9th March the Deal coastguard bound with a cargo of coal from Cardiff reported that a small boat with one for Audierne. A whole E.S.E. gale occupant was in difficulty N.N.W. of was blowing, with a very rough sea. the South Goodwin lightship. A light The weather was thick, with rain. S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a The motor life-boat The Newbons was smooth to moderate sea. The weather launched at 4 P.M., and found the men was thick, with light rain. The motor 124 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service but shortly before midnight it lifted No. 2) was launched at 5.55 P.M. a little and the life-boat watchman Four miles S.E. of St. Margaret's Bay saw a vessel ashore on the Inner Binks. she found the small boat, half full of The motor life-boat City of Bradford II water, and the man on board exhausted. was launched at 12.15 A.M. on the llth, He was no longer able to manage the and found the motor vessel Mary boat, and had no bailer or means of Birch, of Hull, hard and dry on the making signals. The life-boat took Binks. The fog settled down again, the man on board, and towed his boat and the life-boat anchored to wait for back to Walmer. She returned to the flowing tide. The Mary Birch her station at 7.50 P.M.—Rewards had very little freeboard, and when £30 16*. 6d. the tide turned, seas broke over her continually. Fortunately she refloated Whitby, Yorkshire.—During a thick at 4.20 A.M., and, when it was found fog on the 10th March a vessel in the that she was not leaking, the life-boat direction of Whitby Rock was heard escorted her to a safe anchorage inside blowing for help. A moderate N.E. of Spurn. The life-boat returned to breeze was blowing, with a ground her station at 5.5 A.M.—Permanent swell. The No. 2 pulling and sailing paid crew. life-boat Jacob and Rachael Valentine was launched at 1.35 P.M., and found Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—The motor the s.s. Ardgantock, of Greenock, on life-boat Dunleary -was launched at the Rock. As the tide rose the Ardgan- 3.45 A.M. on the 19th March in answer tock floated clear, but as she was to distress sigpals from the Kish light- leaking badly, and took a big list to ship in Dublin Bay. A moderate to port, she was grounded on Whitby fresh S.E. breeze was blowing, with a sands. The life-boat stood by until rough sea. The life-boat found that 8.30 P.M., and then, as she was not one of the lightship's crew who had in immediate danger, returned to her fallen overboard had been rescued, station, which was reached at 8.45 P.M. but was in need of medical attention. On 14th September last the Ardgantock He was landed by the life-boat and was in difficulties off Dover with a taken to hospital. The life-boat dangerous list, and the Dover motor returned to her station at 6.40 A.M. life-boat stood by.—Rewards, £37 8s. A letter of thanks and a donation of £10 10s. were received from the Com- Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. missioners of Irish Lights.—Rewards, •—The motor life-boat John and Mary £16 19s. Meiklam of Gladswood put out at 9.50 A.M. on the llth March for exercise, Boulmer, Northumberland. — Early with the branch chairman, Lieut.- on the morning of the 20th March the Commander H. K. Case, D.S.C., R.N.R. lights of a vessel were seen through the on board. A light N.N.E. breeze haze to the S.E. of Boulmer. Shortly was blowing, with a moderate sea, afterwards she struck the rocks at and the weather was foggy. When Boulmer Steel, and made signals of the life-boat was clearing the piers, distress. A freshening S.E. wind was the St. Nicholas lightship was heard blowing, with a moderate but in- firing signal guns. Her master said creasing swell. The motor life-boat that a vessel was ashore about one L.P. and St. Helen was launched at mile E. by N. of the lightship. The 5.54 A.M., and found the s.s. Hansa, of life-boat found her to be the motor Wismar, Germany, aground in shallow vessel Zuidland, of Rotterdam. She and broken water. Helped by two was in shoal water and in danger of fishing boats, the life-boat ran out two going aground. The life-boat piloted kedge anchors from the Hansa. With her into a safe channel, and returned the rising tide the Hansa refloated, to her station at 12.15 P.M.—Rewards, and, after making sure that she was £14 13*. not leaking, went on her way to Leith. The life-boat then made for home, The Humber, Yorkshire. — On the arriving at 10.20 A.M. — Property night of the 10th March a fog settled, Salvage Case. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 125

By courtesy of} [P. A. Victory, Cramer LAUNCHING AT CROMER. The light motor life-boat of the Liverpool type, 35 feet 6 inches by 10 feet 3 inches.

By courtesy of] [Aberdeen Journals COMING IN THROUGH THE SURF. The new Gourdon motor life-boat of the light Liverpool type, 35 feet 6 inches, by 10 feet 3 inches, arriving at her station last February. 126 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

Swanage, Dorset.—-On the afternoon launched at 9 P.M. on the 28th March, of the 23rd March the coastguard in response to a message received telephoned that a motor boat had through Wick Radio and the coast- broken down one mile south of South- guard. A strong S.E. breeze was bourne coastguard station, and that blowing, with a heavy sea, and the another motor boat, which had put weather was thick. About four miles out from Bournemouth to help her, south of Duncansbay Head the life-boat had also broken down. A moderate found the s.s. Osterhav, of Helsingfors. S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a The Osterhav was bound, with a crew moderate sea. • The motor life-boat of twenty-nine, including five women, Thomas Markby was launched at 6.45 and a cargo of pulp-wood, from Finland P.M., the branch honorary secretary, to EUesmere Port. She had struck Mr. W. Powell, accompanying her. the head and was badly holed. Two She found that the second boat had of the life-boat's crew went on board got her engine working again, and to pilot her into Wick, but she was had taken the other in tow. She making water rapidly, and had to be accompanied the boats back to Bourne- beached in Sinclair Bay. The life- mouth, and taking over the tow, boat stood by all night. At 9 A.M. brought the first boat into Poole on the 29th she took off twenty-one harbour. She returned to her station of the crew and landed them at Acker- at 11 P.M.—Rewards, £16 16s. gill. She went back to the Osterhav, but the captain and officers did not Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. want to leave their ship, and the life- —On the afternoon of the 25th March boat returned to Ackergill at 1 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel At 4 P.M. she put out again, however, north of the harbour was blowing for and this time rescued the remaining help. A moderate N.E. breeze was eight men. She returned to her station blowing, with a moderate sea, and there at 6.30 P.M., after having been away was a dense fog. The motor life-boat for twenty-one and a half hours,— John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood Rewards, £32 14*. 9d. was launched at 3.44 P;M., and found the motor vessel Apricity, of London, Longhope, Orkney*. — On the after- aground on North Bank. The Apricity noon of the 29th March a doctor asked was bound, laden, from the Tyne to for the life-boat to take a woman Norwich. At her captain's request patient, who was suffering from the life-boat stood by. With the appendicitis, to Scapa for an immediate flowing tide the Apricity went astern operation. A strong S.E. gale was on her engines and floated off. The blowing, with a rough sea and rain, and life-boat continued to stand by until no other suitable boat was available it was learned that she was not leaking, to make the trip. The motor life-boat and then made for home. She arrived Thomas McCunn was launched at back at her station at 7.30 P.M.— 4 P.M., took the patient to Scapa, and Rewards, £34 5s. returned to her station at 8 P.M.—The life-boat crew did not wish for any Filey, Yorkshire.—On the 25th March reward for their services. the local fishing cobles Dorothy Rose, John and Nancy, Topmast and Sybil Cromer, and Sheringham, Norfolk.—On Joyce put to sea. 'At 9.45 A.M. a the morning of the 2nd April the fishing moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, boats John Robert and White Rose, of with a rough sea and dense fog, and Cromer, and Little Madge, of Shering- the cobles were in some danger. The ham, each with a crew of two, put to pulling and sailing life-boat Hollon-ihe sea in fine weather. The weather Third was launched at 9.45 A.M., changed, and at about 7 A.M. a strong escorted the cobles into safety, and N.E. to E.N.E. breeze was blowing, returned to her station at 12.45 P.M.— with a rough sea, and drizzling rain. Rewards, £15 14s. 6d. The Cromer No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey, was launched at 7.15 A.M., Wick, Caithness-shire. — The motor and saw the John Robert safely beached. life-boat Frederick and Emma was She then went to the help of the Little OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 127

Madge, to find that the Sheringham Skerry, Pentland Firth, and her crew pulling and sailing life-boat J. C. drowned before help could reach her.— Madge, which had been launched at Rewards, £7 18s. 7.45 A.M., had picked up the Little Madge about three miles N.N.W. of Longhope, Orkneys 16th March. Sheringham, had taken off the two A trawler was wrecked at Hoy Island, men and had the boat in tow. The but the Stromness life-boat rescued Cromer life-boat took both the Shering- the crew.—Rewards, £11 6s. 6d. ham life-boat and the Little Madge (An account of the rescue is on in tow to the Sheldon Hole Channel. the next page.) There the Sheringham life-boat towed the Little Madge ashore, and then Hastings, Sussex.—26th March. A made for her station, arriving at 8.30 motor cruiser had been reported over- A.M. Meanwhile, the Cromer No. 2 due, but when found she did not need motor life-boat Harriot Dixon had help.—Rewards, £24 10s. 3d. been launched at 8 A.M., to the aid of the White Rose, but a rope fouled her Stromness, Orkneys. — 29th March. propeller, and she was beached again A steamer's siren had been heard at 8.15 A.M. The Cromer No. 1 life- blowing continuously, but no vessel boat had heard of this by means of could be found.—Rewards, £7 2s. her wireless, and went to the help of the White Rose. She passed life-belts St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—2nd April. to the two men on board her, and The Danish steamer Christians Borg escorted her safely ashore. As it was had been ashore, but got off, and went impossible to get the life-boat back on her way.—Rewards, £11 10s. on her slipway, she was taken to Wells, which was reached at 1.20 P.M. Owing Yarmouth, Isle of Wight—2nd April. to the bad weather, she could not return An aeroplane was reported to have to her station until the evening of the fallen into the sea, but no machine 6th April.—Rewards, Cromer No. 1, was found or reported missing.— £10 135.; Cromer No. 2, £13 12s. 6d.; Rewards, £7 16s. Sheringham, £22 13s. Newbiggin, Northumberland. — Early Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. — 3rd on the morning of the 7th April the April. Rockets were reported to have coastguard reported that five local been seen, but a search revealed fishing cobles were out, and that it nothing.—Rewards, £10 5s. would be very dangerous for them to make harbour. The sea was very Wey mouth, Dorset.—3rd April. French rough, and a very strong, squally trawlers which were signalling to one breeze was blowing, with rain. The another were thought to be burning pulling and sailing life-boat Arthur R. flares for help.—Rewards, £8 15s. Dawes was launched at 3.55 A.M. She picked up the cobles George and St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—3rd April. Margaret, Hope-on, John and Margaret The Spanish steamer Elmonticillo and Our Boys two miles N.E. of reported she was in difficulties, but she Newbiggin Point, and escorted them cleared the islands and went on her safely back to harbour. The other way.—Rewards, £5 15s. coble had run for the shelter of the Tyne. The life-boat returned to her May Meeting. station at 6.45 A.M.—Rewards, £16 10s. 6d. Eastbourne, Sussex.—On the morn- ing of the 27th February a man The following life-boats were reported that he had seen a vessel launched, but no services were rendered showing flares. She was the barge for the reasons given : Davenport, of Ipswich, bound with a crew of three, and cargo of firebricks, Longhope, Orkneys.—19th February. from Plymouth for Sheerness. She had A trawler was wrecked on the Little gone aground about three-quarters of a 128 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936. mile south of the Redoubt. A S.S.W. Cromer and Well*, Norfolk.—On the wind was blowing, the sea was rough, 26th March the French steamer Boree, and the weather was cold, with rain. of Caen, and the Spanish steamer The motor life-boat Jane Holland was Aizkarai Mendi, were in collision off taken from the house at 7.30 A.M., but East Dudgeon light-vessel. A moderate the tide then was at almost the lowest E.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a ebb, and, in spite of all the efforts of moderate sea. The weather was thick. the crew and launchers, she did not get The Aizkarai Mendi did not need any away until 9 A.M. She rescued the help, but the Boree foundered. Of her three men, and two dogs, and returned crew of twenty-two, six were rescued to her station at 10.30 A.M.—Rewards, by the Aizkarai Mendi, and seven by £31 7*. 6d. the British steamer Caduceus which was near-by. The Caduceus sent out Stromness, Orkneys.—At 5.15 A.M. on an SOS. The coastguard passed the the 16th March the Kirkwall coastguard news to the life-boat authorities, and telephoned that Wick Radio had re- the Cromer No. 1 motor life-boat ported a vessel ashore on Hoy. She H. F. Bailey, and the Wells motor life- was the steam trawler Siberite, of Hull, boat Royal Silver Jubilee 1910-1935, homeward bound from the fishing were launched at 9 A.M. and 9.35 A.M. grounds, with a crew of eleven. A respectively. The Cromer boat took moderate west breeze was blowing, the seven men from the Caduceus and with a rough sea, and the weather was searched for other survivors, unfortu- thick, with rain. The motor life-boat nately without result. She then spoke J.J.K.S.W. was launched at 5.35 A.M., the Wells boat, and both life-boats and, searching round the coast, found made for Wells, as there was too the Siberite ashore on Rora Head in a much sea on the slipway for the Cromer most dangerous position. Her boat boat to be rehoused. The Wells boat had been smashed, and she was rolling returned to her station at 5.45 P.M. and bumping badly. There was no The Cromer boat was piloted in by the time to lose. Skilfully the life-boat was Wells second coxswain, the seven sur- taken alongside three times, until the vivors were landed, and she was left eleven men had jumped into the life- at moorings at 6.20 P.M. She returned boat. The Siberite by this time was full to her station next day. Dr. E. W. of water and her decks had burst. The Hicks gave hospitality to the survivors life-boat herself struck the rocks, and and later the Shipwrecked Mariners' sustained some damage, but she got Society took charge of them. The safely back to Stromness with the Societd Navale Caennaise sent a gift of rescued men, arriving at 8 A.M. In £21 to the life-boatmen at Cromer.— recognition of this fine rescue a framed Rewards, Cromer, £24 10s. 3d.; Wells, letter of thanks was presented to £15 17s. Coxswain William Linklater, and an increase on the usual rewards on the Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—On the standard scale was granted to him and evening of the 5th April the coastguard to each member of the crew. The reported that a yacht was in difficulties owners of the Siberite, the Kingston one mile S.W. of the harbour, and that Steam Trawling Co., Ltd., gave £50 to a motor boat which had gone to her the life-boat crew. A formal investi- help had broken down in the harbour. gation was held by the Board of Trade A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with into the loss of the Siberite and the a .moderate sea. The motor life-boat following is an extract from the findings Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was of the court: " Owing to the speedy launched at 7.15 P.M., and found the action of the Stromness life-boat's yacht Elsina, of Shoreham, two miles crew in answer to the Siberite's SOS, S.W. of the harbour. The Elsina all the crew were saved on a very carried a crew of six. Her engine had dangerous coast. The Court wish broken down, and she was drifting to place their commendation of farther out to sea. She and the six this excellently performed work men were brought back to harbour, of rescue on record." — Rewards, and the life-boat returned to her £18 19s. 9

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By courtesy of} [Roy Hudson, Eastbourne TWO OF THE RESCUED FROM THE BARGE DAVENPORT.

By courtesy of} [H. C. Deal, EcaUxMrnc EASTBOURNE LIFE-BOAT APPROACHING THE BARGE. (See page 127.) 130 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the after- Whitehills, Banffshire.—On the after- noon of the 7th April the coastguard noon of the 14th April it was learned reported that a sailing barge some that the motor fishing boat Vesper, of miles S.W. of Clacton appeared to be Fraserburgh, was running for shelter in difficulties, with her mainsail carried and heading towards Macduff. She had away. A strong N.E. breeze was previously been warned away from blowing, with a moderate sea. The Fraserburgh and Gardenstown on motor life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was account of the dangerous conditions launched at 5.30 P.M., and found the there. A strong N.E. gale was blowing, barge Edith and Hilda, of Rochester, with a very heavy sea and showers of high and dry on the Buxey Sands. sleet. The motor life-boat Civil Service The life-boat stood by until the barge No. 4 was launched at 2.55 P.M. and refloated with the flow of the tide, and found the Vesper lying-to outside returned to her station at 11.15 P.M.— Macduff harbour. She went alongside Rewards, £13 8s. 6d and gave instructions as to the best way to enter. Huge seas were breaking Selsey, Sussex.—At 1.30 P.M. on the 9th April the coastguard reported that over the pier, but the life-boat escorted a motor boat appeared to have broken the Vesper safely in. The life-boat down two miles S.E. of the coastguard herself remained at Macduff overnight, look-out and was drifting west. She and returned to her station next was not making signals of distress. At morning.—Rewards, £8 2s. 6d. 5.47 P.M. she was still drifting, and the motor life-boat Canadian Pacific was Whitby, Yorkshire.—Early on the launched to her help. A strong E. morning of the 15th April the local breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. motor fishing boats Prosperity, Progress, The life-boat picked her up about one Endeavour, Flying Spray and Success mile S.S.E. of Nab Tower, and found put out to fish. A nasty sea was that she was the motor yacht Roma, running. Later on it grew worse and bound with a crew of two from South- broke heavily on the bar. At 12.10 P.M. ampton to Chelsea. She took her in the motor life-boat Margaret Barker tow to Portsmouth, which was reached Smith was launched and moored along- side the quay. At 2 P.M. the Prosperity at about 10.30 P.M. The life-boat was seen making for shelter, and the stayed at Portsmouth overnight, and arrived back at her station at 8.30 A.M. life-boat went off and escorted her on the 10th. A gift of £15 for the life- safely into harbour. During the after- boat crew was received from the noon the other four boats were met and owners, the Chelsea Yacht and Boat escorted in, and the life-boat returned Company. The yacht continued her to her station at 6 P.M. Oil was freely used by the fishing boats and the voyage, but two days later was again in distress, as described below.—Re- life-boat, and had a wonderful effect wards, £16 10*. on the breaking seas.—Rewards, £5 9*. Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—On the Whitby, Yorkshire.—The motor fish- afternoon of the llth April the coast- ing coble Lily left harbour at 7 A.M. on guard telephoned that a motor boat the 19th April to haul crab pots. Later three miles S.W. by W. of Shoreham on the wind freshened considerably, Harbour was burning flares. A strong and when the coble was seen making N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a for home a strong N.W. breeze was moderate sea and squalls of rain and blowing, with a dangerous sea. The snow. The motor life-boat Rosa Woodd Whitby No. 2 pulling and sailing life- and Phyllis Lunn was launched at 5.25 boat Jacob and Rachel Vallentine was P.M., and found the motor yacht Roma launched at 10 A.M., escorted the Lily in distress with a broken engine shaft. into harbour, and returned to her Her crew of two were suffering greatly station at 11.30 A.M. — Rewards, from cold, and had been burning £8 5s. 6d. clothes as distress signals. The life- boat towed the Roma in to Shoreham Aith, Shetland*.—On the 20th April Harbour, and returned to her station the motor life-boat went to Papa Stour at 6.40 P.M.—Rewards, £5 2s. 6d. to bring to hospital a small boy with a OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 131 fractured thigh. (Full account on again, and, although two of the boats page 122.) Expenses were paid by the struck the ground, escorted safely in the Department of Health for Scotland. Venus, Prosperity, Progress, Flying Spray, Success and Easter Morn. The Selsey, Sussex.—The motor life-boat life-boat returned to her station at Canadian Pacific was launched at 2 P.M. 2 P.M.—Rewards, £5 9s. on the 20th April, as the coastguard had telephoned that two fishing boats were Arbroath, Angus.—On the night of at sea. A south gale was blowing, with the 23rd-24th April the weather became a choppy sea. One boat came in as the bad, and soon after midnight a strong life-boat was being launched, and the S.E. gale was blowing, with a very life-boat found the other, the Rally, one heavy sea and rain. Six local fishing mile N.W. of Selsey Bill. She was boats were at sea. One of them, the among the surf, and her crew of two Maggie Smith, was seen approaching were in great danger. The men were and was warned by morse not to try rescued, and their boat was towed back the dangerous harbour entrance until to land. The life-boat returned to her the motor life-boat John and William station at 4.5 P.M.—Rewards, £5 17s. 6d. Mudie was launched. The life-boat put out at 1.8 A.M. and escorted in the Cromer, Norfolk.—The No. 1 motor Maggie Smith, and later the Sunshine life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at and Girl Mary. She then returned to 11.25 A.M. on the 20th April, as the the outer harbour to wait for the other Haisborough coastguard had telephoned three boats. She stood by until 5 A.M., that a sailing barge was aground about and the life-boat crew were then dis- one and a half miles south of Hais- missed, as it was assumed, correctly, borough coastguard station. A light that the remaining boats had run for N.E. wind was blowing, with a shelter into the Firth of Forth.— moderate ground swell. The life-boat Rewards, £6 9s. put out with Mr. E. P. Hansell, the honorary secretary, on board, picked Caister, Norfolk.—The pulling and up the coxswain and others of the sailing life-boat Charles Burton was crew, who were at sea in their fishing launched at 7 A.M. on the 25th April, as boats, and reached the barge at 1.30 a vessel had stranded on the west side P.M. She was the Will Everard, of of the Barber Sands. She found the London, bound laden to King's Lynn. yacht Mavan, with two men on board, The life-boat stood by until at 4.30 on the sands N.W. of Middle Caister P.M., when, after having been driven buoy. A light to fresh W.S.W. breeze about a mile along the beach, the barge was blowing and a choppy sea was floated clear and went on her way. breaking a little over the weather side Owing to the bad conditions at Cromer, of the yacht. The life-boat stood by it was not possible to rehouse the life- until the flood tide refloated the yacht, boat and she ran for Gorleston, arriving which then made for Bridlington. She at 6.40 P.M. The life-boat returned to returned to her station at 9.10 A.M. At her station early on the morning of the 10.50 P.M. on the same day the Cockle 24th.—Rewards, £15 Is. lightship was seen making signals, and the life-boat put out again at 11 P.M. Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 4 A.M. on the She found that the Mavan was again in 22nd April eight motor fishing boats trouble, this time one mile N.N.E. from went to sea in calm weather. Later on the life-boat station. Her engine had the wind rose considerably from the broken down; her sails were blown N.E., bringing a strong sea, accom- away; her anchor was dragging; and panied by heavy showers of snow. As the two men were in a very exhausted the harbour entrance would get more condition. They were taken into the dangerous when the tide flowed, the life-boat, and some of the life-boat crew motor life-boat Margaret Barker Smith transferred to the yacht, which was was launched at 8 A.M. She went off towed to the Yarmouth roads. The and escorted into harbour the Endeavour life-boatmen stayed on board the and Noel. She was then moored at the yacht to take her into harbour with the fish quay. At 1.30 P.M. she went out turn of the tide, and the life-boat 132 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

returned to her station at 3.20 A.M. on station at 5.30 A.M., having been on the 26th.—Rewards, First service, service for twelve hours. Later in the £14 12*. 6d.; Second service, £29 5s. day the Evaristo Perez was towed clear by the Teresa Camposa.—Rewards, Sal combe, Devon. — Early on the £15 95. morning of the 25th April the Finnish four-masted barque Herzogin Cecilie, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.—On the Mariehamn, bound from Australia to afternoon of the 5th May the s.s. Falmouth and Ipswich with a cargo of Birtley, of Newcastle, ran aground grain, ran ashore in a thick fog between about six hundred yards north of Sewer Mill Cove and Hope Cove. A Whitburn Steel in a fog. She was moderate S.W. breeze was blowing, bound, light, from Rotterdam to the with a rough sea. News was received Tyne. A moderate S.E. breeze was from the coastguard, and the motor blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat Alfred and Clara Heath was coastguard telephoned to the life-boat launched at 4.30 A.M. She found the station, and the motor life-boat Edward Herzogin Cecilie pounding heavily on and Isabella Irwin was launched at the rocks, and making water very fast. 3.25 P.M. She found that the Birtley She stood by until 8 A.M., when, at the was in no immediate danger, but stood captain's request, she took off twenty- by. Later on she ran a line to a waiting one of the crew and a woman passenger tug, but efforts to refloat the Birtley and landed them at Salcombe. After failed and the life-boat returned to her refuelling she put out again and stood station at 6.30 A.M. She put out again by until 2.30 P.M. Then, as the coast- at 1.30 A.M. on the 6th, as another guard's life-saving rocket apparatus attempt was to be made to get the had got a line on board, and the nine Birtley off. She stood by while the tugs people remaining on the Herzogin tried to refloat her, but they were agqiin Cecilie had decided to stay there, the unsuccessful. The life-boat reached life-boat made for home, arriving at home after this trip at 6.30 A.M. She 3.30 P.M. An increase in the usual put out for a third time at 4.30 P.M. on money awards on the standard scale the 7th. The third attempt to refloat was granted to each member of the life- the Birtley also failed, and when boat crew.—Rewards, £12 16s. Gd. towing operations ceased on the turn of the tide the life-boat made for her Ballycotton, Co. Cork. — During a station, arriving at 6.30 P.M., the crew thick fog on the afternoon of the 2nd of the steamer being in no danger.— May sirens were heard sounding con- Rewards, £20 10s. tinuously. A moderate east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The Staithes, Yorkshire.—Early on the motor life-boat Mary Stanford was morning of the 6th May the local fishing launched at 4.15 P.M., and found the cobles Star of Hope and Flora put to Spanish steam trawlers Evaristo Perez sea to haul crab and lobster pots. and Teresa Camposa, of Vigo, ashore in Fog had been very dense for about Ballycotton bay. After trying, unsuc- sixteen hours, but had cleared. Some cessfully, to refloat one of the trawlers, time after the boats had gone out it the life-boat went alongside the other. came down again. A moderate east Then, as the tide was falling, she breeze was blowing, and with a strong returned to her station for the boarding- easterly sea running there would be boat, as she could no longer go among considerable danger to the cobles in the rocks to the trawlers. She went making the harbour. The pulling and back to the trawlers again, and stood sailing life-boat John Anthony was by. At high water the Teresa Camposa launched at 8.15 A.M., and took up a refloated and the life-boat escorted her position about half a mile from the through the fog to the Evaristo Perez. harbour entrance. When the cobles As the crew of the second trawler did made for home they were picked up not wish to abandon ship, and were in and escorted safely in by the life-boat, no immediate danger, the life-boat which returned to her station at 1.30 then made for home. She arrived at her P.M.—Rewards, £12 16s. 6d. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 133

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BIyth, Northumberland. — On the The life-boat picked up the two men morning of the 6th May the coastguard in the small boat and transferred all telephoned that three or four fishing five to the Earl Sigurd. She then boats were at sea between Blyth and made for home, arriving at 6.20 P.M. St. Mary's Island, and that owing to An increase in the usual money award very heavy seas across the bar it would on the standard scale was granted to be dangerous for them coming into each member of the crew of the life- harbour. A moderate easterly breeze boat.—Rewards, £7 18s. 6d. was blowing, and there was a very dense fog. The motor life-boat Joseph The following life-boats were Adlam was launched at 10.15 A.M. launched, but no services were rendered She fell in with the motor fishing boat for the reasons given : Margaret and William in tow of the Ina, and escorted them into harbour. Ar ran more, Co. Donegal.—19th Janu- She then went out again and escorted ary. A fishing boat had grounded, but in the remaining boat, the Douglasses, got off with the help of another boat.— and returned to her station at 12.50 Rewards, £16 4,s. 6d. P.M.—Rewards, £4 4s. Appledore, Devon. — 9th April. A Whitby, Yorkshire.—The fishing fleet steamer was disabled with a burst put out early on the morning of the 6th boiler, but was taken in tow by another May. Later on the weather got bad, a steamer.—Rewards, £10 Os. 9d. thick fog settled and the sea was rising fast. Some of the boats ran for harbour, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenihire. — 14th and the motor life-boat Margaret April. A fishing boat was seen Harker Smith was launched at 7.30 approaching in a very heavy sea, and A.M., as there were still seven to come as there was great risk of being in. A heavy sea was then breaking swamped entering the harbour, the dangerously outside the pier ends. life-boat put out, but the fishing boat The life-boat cruised off the harbour turned and ran up the Moray Firth entrance, and as each boat arrived, for shelter.—Rewards, £5 3s. escorted her into harbour. The life- boat did not return to her station until Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. — 16th 5 P.M.—Rewards, £5 95. April. A yacht had grounded on the bar, but got off on the flood tide.— Stromness, Orkney.—On the morning Rewards, £11 8s. of the 13th May the coastguard tele- phoned that a trawler was ashore on Torbay, Devon.—19th April. A Kili Holm, in the Westray Firth, and message, nailed to cork floats and read- that it was doubtful if local boats could ing "SOS help on Thatcher Rock," establish communication. A moderate was picked up, but a search revealed S.E. breeze was blowing, with a heavy nothing.—Rewards, £4 13s. 6d. ground swell. The motor life-boat Ramsgate, Kent.—20th April. The J.J.K.S.W. was launched at 11 A.M. motor vessel Hebe, of Rotterdam, had She found that the Grimsby trawler grounded on the Goodwin Sands, but Morvina, homeward bound from the got off when the tide rose.—Rewards, fishing grounds, had stranded. The £5 8s. trawler Earl Sigurd had taken off four of her crew of nine, and had put a Ramsgate, Kent.—25th April. The hawser on board. Two more of the s.s. Sveti-Duze, of Susak, Yugoslavia, crew were in a small boat and three had collided with another steamer off remained on the Morvina. When the the East Goodwin Sands, but both life-boat arrived the Earl Sigurd tried steamers were able to go on their way. to tow the Morvina off, but the tow —Rewards, £5 8s. parted, and she rolled over and sank. The life-boat was quickly manoeuvred Eastbourne, Sussex.—26th April. A alongside, and two men jumped into sailing dinghy had capsized, but the her. The third, the skipper, jumped crew were rescued by a small boat.— into the sea, and was dragged on board. Rewards, £9 15s. 6d. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 135 Dover and Hythe, Kent.—29th April. Anstruther, Fifeshire.—On the morn- The steamers Mart, of Tallinn, Est- ing of the 19th May the coastguard honia and the Mrav, of Susak, Yugo- telephoned that a small vessel was slavia, came into collision off Folke- ashore at North Ness, May Island. A stone. The Mrav foundered. Some of moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, her crew were saved by the Mori, and with a strong swell, and the weather the remainder got away in the ship's was thick. The motor life-boat Nettie boat, and reached Dover.—Rewards, and Charlie was launched at 5.55 A.M. Dover, £l 17s. 6d.; Hythe, £9 4s. 6d. and found the Latvian steamer Mars, of Liepaja, stranded, with her stem June Meeting. lying dry. The Mars was bound, with Holy Island, Northumberland. — On thirteen people on board, in ballast for the morning of the 16th April the Methil. Her master asked the life-boat honorary secretary saw, through bin- to stand by until high water. The life- oculars, that the Longstone lighthouse boat crew landed on May Island for was flying a two-flag signal. The signal about an hour, during which time they could not be read, and the motor life- were entertained to breakfast by the boat Milburn was launched at 11.45 lightkeepers, and then returned to the A.M., to investigate. A strong N.E. Mars. The life-boat waited for high breeze was blowing, and the sea was water but the Mars remained hard rough. The weather was cold, with aground. At 4.30 P.M., when it was sleet. The life-boat found that one apparent that she would not refloat of the lightkeepers was suffering from without help, the life-boat took off a badly poisoned hand, and was in need eight of the crew, and from May Island of medical attention. The life-boat a woman and a boy who had gone landed him at Seahouses, took a relief ashore there at low water, and landed off to the lighthouse, and returned to them at Anstruther. The captain, her station at 3.45 P.M.—Rewards. mate and one of the crew of the £5 25. 6d. Mars remained on board. The life- boat returned to her station at 6.7 P.M. Ramsgate, Kent.—On the evening of —Rewards, £10 14s. 6d. the 16th May, the coastguard telephoned that the police had reported two men Soutbend-on-Sea, Essex. — On the cut off by the tide in Pegwell bay. A night of the 22nd May a message was gentle east breeze was blowing, and the received from the watchman at the pier- sea was smooth. The motor life-boat head that a motor pinnace, belonging City of Bradford, on relief duty at to the schooner yacht Westward, which Ramsgate, put out at 6.55 P.M. and was anchored off the pier, was drifting found that four men out fishing had rapidly to the west. A smart breeze got marooned on a dolphin, marking was blowing, with a moderate sea and the River Stour. Their boat had drifted heavy rain. The motor life-boat away and was ashore in the river. Greater London was launched at 11.28 The life-boat fetched the boat for them, P.M., picked up the pinnace and her and returned to her station at 7.55 crew of four about two miles west of P.M.—Rewards, £5 8s. the pier, and towed her back to the schooner. She returned to her station Scarborough, Yorkshire.—The motor at 1.45 A.M.—Rewards, £14 11s. fishing boat Eagle put out at 1 P.M. on the 16th May to haul crab and lobster Wells, Norfolk.—At 7 A.M. on the pots. After she had been gone for 24th May the motor cruiser Water about an hour the sea got very rough, Nymph left Wells for Boston, in charge and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II of the life-boat's second-coxswain and was launched at 3.35 P.M. She met the another man. Later on the coastguard Eagle about a mile north-east of reported that she was flying distress Scarborough. Life-belts were handed signals, and the motor life-boat Royal to the two men on board, and the life- Silver Jubilee 1910-1935 was launched boat escorted her into harbour. The at 9.15 A.M. A moderate to strong life-boat returned to her station at N.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough 4.20 P.M.—Rewards, £14 Os. 6d. sea. The life-boat found the Water 136 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

Nymph about two miles N.N.W. of of two had got ashore. At the request the harbour, in distress owing to the of the master the life-boat got a line breakdown of her engine. She towed to the yacht, towed her clear, and took her back to harbour, and returned to her to Weymouth. She returned to her her station at 11.15 A.M.—Rewards, station at 10.30 P.M.—Property Salvage £8 Us. Case. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- Humber, Yorkshire.—Just before noon folk.—On the afternoon of the 27th on the 31st May a small fishing boat, May the coastguard telephoned that a The Lily, of Grimsby, drifted ashore small vessel was aground on Scroby inside Spurn Point. She was in no sands, bearing N.E. by E. from Yar- immediate danger. A moderate N.N.W. mouth coastguard station. A rather breeze was blowing, with a slight swell. heavy sea was running on the sands, Later on the Royal Naval Signal and a fresh and increasing N.N.E. Station reported that the crew appeared breeze was blowing. The motor life- to be signalling for help, and the motor boat John and Mary Meiklam of life-boat City of Bradford II was Gladsrvood was launched at 4.56 P.M. launched at 1 P.M. She found The Lily and found the motor yacht Sunbeam, in a helpless condition. Her anchors of Boston, about half a mile E. of had been lost, her propeller had Scroby sands. The Sunbeam, bound fouled, and her crew were exhausted. from Boston to the Thames, had been The life-boat got a tow rope on board aground but she had refloated. Her and took The Lily to Grimsby. She engine had broken down, and the two returned to her station at 3.20 P.M.— men and a woman on board were in a Permanent paid crew. state of alarm. The life-boat passed the yacht a line and towed her back to Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—On the morn- harbour. The three people were taken ing of the 2nd June a Coast Life- to the Mariners' Refuge, and the life- Saving Service Inspector telephoned boat returned to her station at 9 P.M.—• that a yacht was in danger off Grey- Rewards, £14 4s. stones harbour. She was the Vixen, of Dublin, bound, with her owner on Whitby, Yorkshire.—Several fishing board, for Wicklow. The wind was boats went to sea early on the morning strong breeze to gale force from the of the 28th May. The weather got bad north-east. The sea was rough, and and some of them came in. By 8 A.M. the weather was thick, with rain. The a heavy sea was rolling in and breaking motor life-boat Dunleary (Civil Service at the harbour entrance, and a strong No. 7) was launched at 11 A.M. and N.E. breeze was blowing. As there found the Vixen bumping dangerously were six boats still to come in the motor in the heavy swell. She towed her life-boat Margaret Harker Smith was back to Kingstown, and returned to her launched at 8.55 A.M. She escorted station at 3.30 P.M.—Rewards, £6 5s. 6d. in, one by one, the Galilee, Progress, Endeavour, Noel II, Provider and Southwold, Suffolk.—On the after- Venus, and returned to her station at noon of the 5th June the Aldeburgh noon.—Rewards, £5 9s. coastguard reported that a small motor fishing boat belonging to Southwold Weymouth, Dorset.—On the after- was passing northwards and making noon of the 29th May the coastguard heavy weather. She was the Smiling telephoned that a yacht off Chesil Morn, with the life-boat's second- Beach, about fourteen miles by sea coxswain on board. A fresh breeze to from Weymouth, was flying distress moderate gale was blowing from the signals. A freshening W.S.W. breeze N.N.E., and there was a moderate was blowing, with a choppy sea. The swell. As the Smiling Morn would be reserve motor life-boat The Brothers, on unable to make harbour without help temporary duty at Weymouth, was the motor life-boat Mary Scott was launched at 4.57 P.M. and found the launched at 12.15 P.M., towed her in, motor yacht Little Manner on the and returned to her station at 2.20 .beach, broadside to the sea. Her crew P.M.—Rewards, £7 15s. 6d. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 137

The following life-boats were Boulmer, Northumberland.—1st June. launched, but no services were rendered The motor vessel Westlaan, of Gron- for the reasons given : ingen, had made signals, but it was a pilot she wanted.—-Rewards, £12 12s. Baltimore, Co. Cork.—llth February. The s.s. Konstan, of Bilbao, had been Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—4th June. reported to be in distress, but was able A vessel had hoisted a distress signal, to go on her way to Dublin.—Rewards, but she got out of her difficulties and £15 Os. Qd. went on her way.—Rewards, £8 15s.

Walton and Frinton, Essex. — 15th Scarborough, Yorkshire.—5th June. May. The s.s. Elssa-Essberger, of A drifter had broken from her tow and Hamburg, apparently ashore, was found been driven ashore, but there was no to be near the Shipwash Sand but not one on board.—Rewards, £14 Os. Qd. in need of help.—Rewards, £14 5s. July Meeting. Caister, Norfolk, and Lowestoft, Suf- folk.— 17th May. A barge had Angle, Pembrokeshire.—On the morn- grounded on Scroby Sand, but got off ing of the 10th June the steam drifter and was taken in tow by a tug.— Reclaim, of Lowestoft, carrying a crew Rewards, Caister, £14 12s. 6d.; Lowes- of eleven, ran ashore on Middle Beach, toft, £13 175. Qd. West Angle Bay. A moderate west breeze was blowing and the sea was Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—20th and 21st smooth, but the weather was thick. May. A search of the Buxey Sands for The coastguard and the life-boat cox- a vessel reported ashore. Nothing was swain went along the beach and spoke found as the vessel, it was discovered the captain, who asked for help on later, was submerged. Going out again the next flood tide. The motor life- the life-boat learned that the vessel boat Elizabeth Elson was launched at was a motor barge and that her crew 6 A.M., taking the boarding boat with had been saved.—Rewards, £10 17s. her. She ran out the Reclaim's anchor, and £8 13s. 6d. stood by until she refloated, and then accompanied her to Milford Haven. Lowestoft, Suffolk.—25th May. Re- She returned to her station at 10.30 ports were heard out at sea, but were A.M.—Property Salvage Case. found to come from gunboats at practice.—Expenses defrayed by the St. Ives, Cornwall.—Early on the Admiralty. morning of the 13th June the coast- guard telephoned that a vessel about five miles N.N.E. of Clodgy Point was Padstow, Cornwall.—30th May. A making distress signals. A moderate small fishing boat was out in a rough N.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a sea, but got into safety unaided.—• rough sea. The motor life-boat Caroline Rewards, £2 16s. Parsons was launched at 2.10 A.M. and found the ketch St. Auslell, of Barn- The Humber, Yorkshire.—30th May. staple, hove to. She was bound with A motor boat had run aground at a crew of four and a cargo of coal from Cowden, but the crew got ashore.—- Swansea to Guernsey, but had sprung Permanent paid crew ; Rewards, 15s. a bad leak which had flooded her engine-room. Her crew were exhausted. Margate, Kent.—31st May. A motor The life-boat put a man on board the boat was wrecked in shallow water, but St. Auslell and towed her to a safe her crew waded ashore.—Rewards, anchorage in St. Ives bay. She stood £13 8s. by her until 10.45 A.M. and then towed her into harbour. The life-boat Newhaven, Sussex.—1st June. Flares returned to her station at mid-day. had been seen, but were found to be But for her prompt help the ketch and lights shown by a fishing boat.— her crew would have been lost.— Rewards, £11 7s. 6d. Property Salvage Case. 138 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936. Penlee, Cornwall.—On the night of Girvan, Ayrshire.—On the evening the 19th June a message was received of the 24th June news was received that that a boat was ashore near Carn Dhu, the Girvan pleasure motor boat Carrick Lamorna Bay. There was no wind and Lass had run ashore about half a mile . the sea was smooth, but there was a north of Girvan harbour in a thick very thick fog. The motor life-boat mist. The sea was smooth and there W. and S. was launched at 11.20 P.M., was no wind. As it was known that and after a search found the motor there were about seventy people on fishing boat Gleaner, of Penzance, with board the Carrick Lass the motor life- a crew of five. The Gleaner had been boat Lily Glen—Glasgow was launched ashore, but had refloated and was at 6.10 P.M. She found that two leaking. The life-boat escorted her in- fishing boats were landing the pas- to Newlyn harbour and returned to her sengers. After trying, unsuccessfully, station at 4.30 A.M.—Rewards, £12 2s. to refloat her she took the master ashore, and returned to her station at 7 P.M. The Carrick Lass was refloated Skegness, Lincolnshire.—On the after- noon of the 19th June the coastguard next day.—Rewards, £3 15s. reported that a small yacht was Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—On the aground on the Outer Knock, about morning of the 24th June the coast- three miles S. by W. of the pier, but guard at Kinnaird Head telephoned was not in immediate danger. Later that two vessels were ashore near on a message was received that the Cairnbulg. They were the steam yacht was in need of help as the surf drifters Whitelink Bay, of Fraserburgh, was breaking over her, with wind and and Gamrie Bay, of Banff, which had sea increasing. A strong N.E. breeze run aground in a dense fog. A moderate was then blowing, with a nasty sea. N.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a The motor life-boat Anne Allen was ground swell. The motor life-boat launched at 4.25 P.M., and found the Lady Rothes was launched at 10 A.M., yacht to be the F.L.B., of Blyth, being and stood by. When the tide flowed taken for delivery at Pin Mill. Heavy the life-boat helped the Whitelink Bay seas were breaking over her, and her to refloat. It was then found that she small boat had been capsized. The was leaking. The life-boat escorted her crew of two were exhausted and did into Fraserburgh, and saw to the safety not know where they were. The life- boat towed her clear, took her as far as of the Gamrie Bay, which had also Boston Fairway buoy, gave her the refloated. She returned to her station course for Cromer, and then made for at 2 P.M.—Rewards, £5 5s. home. The yacht soon signalled for St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—The motor help, however, and the life-boat went life-boat Queen Victoria was launched back and escorted her safely in to at 12.45 A.M. on the 29th June to Wainfleet Haven. The life-boat search for the motor fishing boat Nellie. returned to her station at 8 P.M.— The Nellie had left Sark for Guernsey Rewards, £10 Is. 6d. with five people on board during the previous evening, but had not arrived, Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.—- and between 10 P.M. and midnight there At 12.45 P.M. on the 21st June a message had been a violent thunderstorm with was received that a vessel was on the heavy rain. The life-boat found the rocks on the east side of the Old Head Nellie a short distance from St. Peter of Kinsale. The sea was smooth but Port. She had run out of petrol, and there was a very thick fog. The motor was drifting with the tide. The life- life-boat Sarah Ward and David William boat took off the five people and Crosweller was launched at 12.55 P.M., towed the Nellie into harbour. She and found the steam trawler Pointz returned to her station at 1.45 A.M.— Castle, of Swansea, fast on the rocks. Rewards, £9 Is. The life-boat stood by until she re- floated and it was found that she was The following life-boats were not leaking. She returned to her launched, but no services were rendered station at 5 P.M.—Rewards, £4 105. Qd. for the reasons given : OCTOBEE, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 139 Helvick Head, Co. Waterford — 12th towed in by another boat.—Rewards, February. A steamer had been re- £8 15s. ported to be in distress, but she got help from another steamer.—Rewards, Dover, Kent.—23rd June. An aero- £12 15s. plane was reported to have fallen into the sea, but nothing could be found.— Selsey, Sussex.—5th June. Search Rewards, £4 14s. 6d. was made for two boys in a boat, but they got ashore unaided.—Rewards, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—24th June. £9 12s. 6d. A steam trawler had run ashore, but got off without help.—Rewards, £5 16s. Fleetwood, Lancashire.—10th June. Search was made for an overdue boat, Ramsgate, Kent.—25th June. An but she did not need help and reached aeroplane had been reported to be in Blackpool.—Rewards, £15 11*. 6d. the sea, but the life-boat could find nothing.—Rewards £5 8s. Eastbourne, Sussex.—14th June. A Selsey, Sussex.—27th June. The s.s. young man had gone out in a rowing Holstein, of Bremen, and the s.s. Freya, boat and an unsuccessful all-night of Copenhagen, had collided. The search was made. The boat came Freya needed help but she was towed ashore empty next day.—Rewards, to Southampton by a tug.—Rewards, £19 5s. £9 12s. 6d. Donaghadee, Co. Down.—22nd June. Wicklow.—29th June. A yacht had A fishing party had gone out in a motor been seen aground, but she got off boat. It had broken down, but was without help.—Rewards, £9 2s.

Shoreboat Services. For which Rewards were given at the February, March, April, May, June and July Meetings of the Committee of Management. February Meeting. foreigners of various countries. The Arklow, Co. Wicklow At about 7 weather had been very severe, but had P.M. on the 15th December, 1935, five moderated to a strong southerly breeze. men in the 30-feet motor boat St. At considerable risk, owing to the heavy Brendan were engaged hauling their sea breaking on the beach, four fisher- nets when cries for help were heard men launched the open 24-feet motor from three men in the rowing fishing boat Traveller. The Weymouth life- boat Mistical Rose. In trying to get boat also launched, and the> Exmouth back into harbour the men had broken life-boat crew assembled, but the boat two out of their three oars, and were from Beer reached the ketch first. being swept past the entrance by a The ketch's sails had been damaged, very strong N.W. breeze, and a strong her engine had broken down, and her ebb tide. The sea was moderate. crew were exhausted. Taking the The crew of the motor boat towed the Radiance in tow, the rescuers went to rowing boat to safety, and then Lyme Regis, but were unable to get in returned to their nets, which they until high water at 11 P.M., and it was fouled and damaged in the darkness.— 2 A.M.—fourteen hours after they set Rewards, £2 10s., and 4s. for fuel used. out—before the ketch had been made secure. With the help of the fisher- Beer, Devon.—On the 1st January, men the ketch was reconditioned, and 1936, the coastguard reported the ketch for this work they received payment Radiance, of Brixham, to be disabled from the owner, who then went on his about six miles east of Lyme Regis. way to the Mediterranean.—Rewards, She had seven persons on board, all £8. 140 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

March Meeting. men who, in two motor cobles, were Garlieston, Kirkcudbrightshire. — At making for Amble. A very strong about 5 P.M. on the 5th January, 1936, south-westerly breeze was blowing, with the schooner Fanny Crossfield, which a very rough sea. The disabled coble had been driven off her course while was found to be the Lea Rig, with three bound from Strangford Lough to men on board, helpless owing to an Workington, ran aground in the engine breakdown. At great risk to entrance to Garlieston harbour. A the rescuers, she was towed into Amble strong S.E. gale was blowing, with a by the two other cobles.—Rewards, heavy sea. At great risk four men £3 15s., and 4s. for fuel used. put out in a 14-feet rowing boat, and for nearly two hours tried, without Redcar, Yorkshire.—Five men put out success, to render help. The crew of from Redcar in the 19-feet motor the schooner were taken ashore by the boat May Queen, after a flare had been Board of Trade life-saving rocket seen on Saltscar Rocks at 8 P.M. on the apparatus. The Kirkcudbright life- 21st February, 1936. A moderate boat crew assembled, but did not S.W. breeze was blowing, with a strong launch.—Rewards, £4, 155. for damage ground swell. The motor fishing boat to clothing and 10s. for the loss of an Sceptre, of Scarborough, was found oar. stranded with a crew of four. After standing by for a time, the May Queen Lerwick, Shetlands. — At about 11 brought ashore two of the crew at P.M. on the 27th January red flares 9.20 P.M. She then returned to the were reported in Colgrave Sound, Sceptre, and remained with her until between the islands of Fetlar and Has- she refloated at about 11 P.M. The cosay. A moderate S.S.E. gale was Redcar motor life-boat was also blowing, with a rough sea and hail launched, but her services were not showers. The Lerwick motor life-boat required.—Rewards, £2 10s., and Is. 6d. was launched, but as she had some for fuel used. thirty miles to travel, a motor boat put out, at the request of the coast- guard, from Uyeasound to help in the April Meeting. search. She was out from 12.30 A.M. Southend - on - Sea, Essex. — On the until 5.40 A.M. on the 28th. No evening of the 3rd April, 1936, the vessel in distress was found, and it motor boat Britannia, with two men was thought that the reported flares on board, was adrift, about one and might have been the headlights of a a half miles west of the pier, disabled car at Brough Lodge, Fetlar.— by the breakdown of her engine. A Expenses of motor boat, £5 7s. 6d. moderate N.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The life-boat was Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — During a being overhauled and the coxswain strong southerly gale with a heavy sea, and seven men put out in the motor the motor fishing boat Needle E'ee, with boat Dreadnought. The Britannia was a crew of three, got into difficulties on towed safely ashore.—Rewards, £6 15s., the morning of the 6th February, while and 15s. for use of boat. engaged on pilot work. Her engine had broken down, and she was dragging New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 1.45 P.M. her anchor towards the rocks in South on the 10th April, 1936, the life- Bay. Signals of distress were made, boat coxswain, and permanent paid and the 35-feet motor fishing boat motor mechanic, put out in the life- Recruit, manned by three men, put boat boarding boat, the coastguard out at 11.45 A.M., and towed the fishing having reported that a small boat with boat into harbour.—Rewards, £l 10s., a boy in her was in difficulties near and 3s. for fuel used. buoy C.I 4, in the Crosby Channel. A moderate E. breeze was blowing, Amble, Northumberland.—A coble fly- with a moderate sea. A search lasting ing distress signals was seen at about nearly two hours was made without 8 A.M. on 20th February, 1936, about result.—Rewards, 7s. 6d. to the four miles from Coquet Island, by five coxswain. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 141 Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—On the fore- people had been cut off by the tide noon of the 4th February the steam beyond Splash Point, Seaford Head. drifter Jacob George, of Great Yar- A light northerly wind was blowing, but mouth, when attempting to make the the sea was smooth. It was considered harbour, ran ashore on the south side that a small boat would be more of the entrance. She had a crew of suitable than the life-boat, on account ten on board. The wind was light, of the rocks, and the pilot on watch blowing offshore, but a very heavy was asked whether he would go in his breaking sea was running in the bay. motor boat. He succeeded in taking The pulling and sailing life-boat was the two men off and landed them on called out, but it was decided not to Seaford beach at 3 P.M.—Rewards, 10s.; attempt a rescue, on account of the and 2s. 6d. for fuel used. great risk, unless the coastguard's life-saving rocket apparatus failed. Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At about 10.30 The Eyemouth fishing boat Spes Bona, A.M. on the 19th April the life-boat a 44-feet motor boat, put out, manned coxswain, with his son, was putting out by her owner and a crew of four. She to sea in his motor boat. An incoming backed down to the drifter, got a line fishing boat informed him that a sailing aboard, and attempted to tow her off, dinghy was in difficulties. A strong but the line parted. This courageous ebb tide was running, the sea was effort to tow the drifter into safety breaking on the shoals, and there was had failed. The drifter was then a strong N.W. wind. The offshore washed closer in and her crew were wind carried the dinghy, which had rescued by the life-saving apparatus.— one man on board, nearly to the Rewards, silver watch, suitably Newcombe Sands. There the coxswain inscribed, to William J. Patterson, picked her up. He found the man skipper of the Spes Bona, £2 each to exhausted by rowing, and towed the him and to the four members of his dinghy into harbour.—Rewards, £l; crew, and 5s. for fuel used. and 2s. 6d. for fuel used. London—On the 23rd February, Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At midday when the Norwegian steamer Hafnia on the 23rd April the motor fishing boat was in the Thames off Blackwall, Princess got into difficulties when about a racing skiff became submerged. a quarter of a mile N.N.E. of Ramore Her crew of five were in the water, Head. A fresh to strong southerly clinging to her and calling for help. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. Within five minutes a boat had left The boat's propeller was fouled by a the Hafnia, manned by the chief rope and she began to drift. A motor officer and three seamen, and four boat, manned by four men, went out, minutes later the men had been took the Princess in tow, and brought rescued.—Reward, a letter of thanks. her into harbour.—Rewards, £2 ; and 125. 6d. for fuel used. May Meeting. Poole, Dorset.—On the 28th March June Meeting. the motor barge Associated was leaving Port Stewart, Co. Londonderry. —• harbour at 3.30 P.M. when the captain The open boat Teresa, with a crew of fell overboard, striking his head on the three, left the River Bann at 8.30 P.M. taffrail and becoming unconscious. on the 15th April with ballast for Port The life-boat coxswain, who had just Stewart. At the mouth of the river her returned to harbour in his fishing boat, engine broke down. A small sail was saw what happened and very promptly hoisted, but this was inadequate, and as launched his small boat. He picked the wind was increasing from the N.E. up the captain and brought him to the and the sea was rough, the crew quayside.—Reward, Letter of thanks. endeavoured to anchor with two small pieces of iron, and burnt flares. These Newhaven, Sussex.—At 1.35 P.M. on flares were not seen, but as the boat did the 12th April the coastguard tele- not return, search-parties were sent phoned the life-boat station that two along the shore, and about 4 A.M. 142 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

found the boat in the breakers at the canoe with one man on board approach- mouth of the Bann. They telephoned ing from the east. A gentle breeze was Port Stewart and a fishing boat was blowing, with moderate swell. The sent to the rescue. She put two men fishing boat remained near until the into the Teresa, as the crew were canoe should enter smoother Water, exhausted, and towed her back to Port saw her capsize, throwing the man Stewart.—Rewards, £3 ; with 55. for into the water, and rescued him from fuel used, and letters of thanks to the the upturned canoe, taking him and four members of one of the search- the canoe ashore. One of the rescuers parties. stated that he was laid up for a week through getting wet at the rescue. A Clovelly, Devon.—On the afternoon sum of £1 has been given by the of the 3rd May the life-boat winchman rescued man.—Rewards, £1. was told that two men were stranded one hundred feet up on the cliffs west Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At about 3 of Clovelly pier, unable to get up or P.M. on the 6th June a small sailing down. The winchman and the second boat, with four young men on board. coxswain went out in a boat to show was blown about three miles off the the position, as the men could not be land in a fresh westerly breeze, and was seen from above, on account of the over- in danger of being swamped. Two hanging cliffs, and the coxswain, motor men went to their help in a motor mechanic and bowman, with a naval coble, and towed the boat back into telegraphist on leave, and an hotel the harbour. No risk was run.—• porter, went to the top of the cliff with Rewards, 12s.; also Ss. 6d. for fuel ropes. used. The motor mechanic, C. E. Shackson, went down on a rope as far as possible, Felixstowe, Suffolk.—At about 2.45 threw the men another, and they were P.M. on the 14th June a small sailing hauled up the cliff, both very ex- boat with three young men in it hausted.—Rewards, £4. capsized about a quarter of a mile from the shore. Three men put off in Portrush, Co. Antrim.—About 11 a speed-boat and rescued them from P.M. on the 9th May the coastguard saw the water.—Rewards, £l 10s. for loss red and white flares about five miles of trade. N.W. of Ramore Head, and informed the life-boat station. A motor boat Ilfracombe, Devon.—At about 10.40 put out and answered the flares by A.M. on the 14th June the coxswain saw flashing a light. The coastguard also the small boat Grace, with one man, flashed lights in the direction of the sailing into a dangerous position. The flares. The motor boat searched for honorary secretary was informed, and three hours, and rinding nothing, sent out the coxswain and three other returned to harbour. The vessel in men in a motor boat. They took the question had evidently been fishing sailing boat in tow and brought it to inside the prohibited line, and on seeing harbour about 1 P.M.—Rewards, £2 ; the boat, steamed away.—Rewards, also 105. 6d. for fuel and use of boat. £2 ; and 17s. for fuel used. New Brighton, Cheshire.^-At about July Meeting. 8.30 P.M. on the 17th June the motor Rousay, Orkneys.—Two members of mechanic received information from the coast life-saving service went to the Mersey Dock Board that a small the scene of the wreck of the steam boat with two men in it had left trawler Morvina, of Grimsby, on the Fonnby at 6 P.M. and a boat resembling 13th May, but their services were not it was seen turned over near Fonnby required.—Granted £2 for the use of beach. The coxswain went out in his the boats. own motor fishing boat. After he had (For a full account see page 134.) left, information was received from the coastguard that the two men Beer, Devon.—At about 4.50 P.M. on were safe, and the boat was recalled.— the 20th May two men fishing saw a Rewards, £2 ; also Is. 6d. for fuel used. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 143

Port Stewart, Co. Londonderry.—At took off the crew of six and the pilot.— about 5.30 P.M. on the 21st June the Rewards, £1 5*.; also £1 5s. 6d. for fuel Port Stewart motor pilot boat put a used and a rope lost. pilot on board s.s. Ben Vooar, of Ramsey, to take her up the River Bann Cullercoats, Northumberland. — At to Coleraine. Two men remained in the about 6 P.M. on the 21st June a small pilot boat to accompany the vessel boat with a man and his wife on board over the bar. A moderate easterly capsized near the Bear's Back Shoal. breeze was blowing, with a moderate Two men in a motor coble already at swell. The steamer was carried on to sea went to their help and rescued the rocks by the westerly set of the them. The woman was in a state of tide and efforts to get her off failed. collapse. No risk was run, but both She was badly holed and making water, lives would have been lost unless and the swell caused seas to be taken prompt action had been taken by the inboard. At 7 P.M. the master decided rescuers.—Rewards, 15*.; also Is. for to abandon ship, and the pilot boat fuel used.

Literature of the Life-boat: 1806-1936. SIR JOHN GUMMING, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., a This account is entitled Literature of vice-president of the Institution, has the Life-boat and is illustrated with forty- written an account of all books, and seven pictures of life-boats, wrecks and articles in periodicals, on life-boat work life-boat rescues, and men distinguished which the Institution has in its library, in the history of the Institution. or which he has been able to discover Among them are two Punch cartoons, elsewhere, from 1806 to 1936. This by Linley Sambourne, and drawings of account is in four chapters : " Design wrecks and rescues which appeared in and Equipment," " Organization and such papers as The Illustrated London Administration," "Wrecks and Res- News, the Graphic, and the Penny cues," and " Wrecks and Rescues in Illustrated Paper. Verse and Fiction." In the last chapter Literature of the Life-boat is issued extracts are given from poems on as a supplement to the Institution's the life-boat service: Wordsworth's journal, and all who receive the and Swinburne's poems on Grace journal are entitled to a free copy Darling, Wordsworth's poem On Sir of it. Copies have already been sent William Hillary, the founder of the to all those who asked for them, as a Institution, Eliza Cook's "The Boat- result of the announcement in the June men of the Downs," Clement Scott's number of The Life-boat. If any other " Warriors of the Sea," which appeared readers of this journal would like in Punch, and other verses from copies, they should write at once to the Punch, The Illustrated London News Secretary of the Institution, 42, and Chambers's Journal. Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I

The Fishwives of Cullercoats. THE fishwives of Cullercoats this year giving their services, and during collected £207 at the quarterly road the week the cinemas allowed collec- exercise and launch of the life-boat, tions to be made at their doors. in spite of bad weather. This is £68 Fifty collectors took part in the more than in 1935 and the record appeal. Mrs. Polly Donkin, now collection. The fishwives have now seventy-nine years old, who was not been collecting for fifteen years, and well enough to collect last year, again their total is £2,121. collected and again headed the list. The Newcastle Highland Pipe Band She collected £71, and the total of her again took part in the procession, individual collections is now £657. 144 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

Centenary of the Poolbeg Station. A LIFE-BOAT, built in Dublin, was Lieut. J. A. W. O'Neill Torrens of the stationed at Poolbeg by the Dublin Royal Scots Greys, who took command Ballast Board in 1820, four years before of the life-boat and rescued two of the the Institution was founded. It was crew of the steamer Robert Brown, " at the entrance of the River Liffey ; wrecked near Pigeon House Fort. kept on the quay, near a crane." It Three other soldiers and a doctor won is known that this life-boat rescued silver medals for their share in the many lives, but there is no continuous same rescue. history of the station before 1861, in The centenary vellum, recording the which year it was taken over by the Institution's appreciation of the volun- Institution with the stations at Howth tary work of the officers and committee and Kingstown which had also been of the station and of the devotion and established by the Ballast Board. courage of the life-boat crew, was Since 1861, its life-boats have been presented to the committee of the launched on service thirty-nine times Dublin branch on 14th May last by and have rescued fifty-two lives. One Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., gold and ten silver medals have been secretary of the Institution. This is awarded for gallantry at Poolbeg. the sixtieth centenary vellum to be The gold medal was won in 1880 by presented.

A Silent Appeal. A NOVEL form of appeal was tried in £85 7s. 10

Naming Ceremonies of Motor Life-boats. DURING the past summer the naming Wight. Owing to the large number of ceremonies have been held of ten motor services of which accounts appear in life-boats, at Gourdon, Hythe, Ilfra- this issue of The Life-boat, it has been combe, North Sunderland, Port St. necessary to hold over the accounts of Mary, St. David's, Sheringham, Sunder- these naming ceremonies. They will land, Wells, and Yarmouth, Isle of appear in the next issue. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 145

Obituary. Three Members of the Committee of Management. Dr. Leonard Gow, LL.D., D.L., Glasgow. vice-president of the Institution. At No one has given more notable, the funeral, the Institution, the Scottish generous and successful help to the Life-boat Council, and the Glasgow life-boat service in Scotland than Dr. branch were represented by Mr. James Leonard Gow, LL.D., D.L., of Glasgow, Bryce Allan, a member of the com- who died on llth March, at the age of mittee "of management, who succeeded seventy-seven. Dr. Gow was the hon- Dr. Gow as chairman of the branch in orary secretary and treasurer of the 1934. Glasgow branch from 1911 to 1927, its chairman from 1927 to 1934, and its Major Sir Maurice Cameron, K.C.M.G. vice-president until his death. He found time for his work for the life- By the death on 16th May, at the age boat service in the midst of many of eighty, of Major Sir Maurice Cameron, other activities and interests. He was K.C.M.G., a vice-president of the one of Glasgow's leading shipowners Institution, the committee of manage- and business men, a director of the ment have lost one of their most valued National Bank of Scotland, and a well- and active members. After a dis- known art collector. The branch was tinguished career, first in the Royal most fortunate in having as its active Engineers, and then as Crown Agent head a man who held such a distin- for the Colonies, he became a member guished position in the life of the city, of the committee of management in and during his twenty-five years' 1921, and remained a member until his association with the branch it was death. He served at various times on largely through his personal interest, practically all its standing committees energy and influence that Glasgow was and sub-committees, including its boat raised to the position of the first and construction committees, from branch, not only in Scotland, but in which he only retired on account of ill the whole of the British Isles. health a few months before his death. In 1911, the first year of his honorary When he left London and settled in secretaryship, the branch's contribution Hampshire in 1929, he not only con- was £1,651. During the next four years tinued his work for the Institution with it rose steadily each year to £3,298 in the same activity, but added to it by 1915. But the great advance was made becoming honorary treasurer of the during the years 1929 to 1935. In Liss district of the Petersfield branch. those six years Glasgow was four times Sir Maurice Cameron brought to the at the head of the list of branches. In work of the Institution, and in parti- the other two years it was second only cular to its technical committees, a to the City of London. Its highest combination of qualifications of un- contribution was £14,733 in 1933. Its usual value. Not only was he an total contribution for the twenty-five engineer of wide experience, but from years of Dr. Gow's work was £108,739. his days at school he had had a passion Those figures speak for themselves, but for sailing, built a boat himself while arhaps the most noteworthy feature of he was stationed at Malta, was a Sr. Gow's work has been the number of member of the Royal Cruising Club, and large special gifts which have been held the Board of Trade's certificate as received from Glasgow citizens. Since a master mariner. During his fifteen 1929 six motor life-boats have been years' association with the Institution, stationed on the Scottish coast which his generous zeal for its work and his are gifts or legacies from Glasgow, and unfailing kindness endeared him to his a seventh, bearing the city's name, has colleagues on the committee of manage- been built in recognition of its generous ment, and to the staff of the Institution, support. No branch can claim, in and all were glad when, in recognition recent years, such a record as that. Dr. of all that he had done for the service, Gow was awarded the life-boat picture he was in 1933 appointed a vice- in 1923, and in 1930 he was elected a president of the Institution. At the 146 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936. funeral the Institution was represented Brother of Trinity House, who died on by its secretary, Lieut.-Col. C. R. 26th April, at the age of sixty-eight. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., like Sir Maurice He was Deputy Master of Trinity Cameron an old Royal Engineer. House from 1926 until October, 1935, when he retired on account of ill Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansell, K.C.V.O., health, and during his years as Deputy C.B.E., D.L., J.P. Master he was an ex officio member The committee of management also of the committee of management of regret the death of another colleague, the Institution and a member of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Mansell, the general committee of the City K.C.V.O., C.B.E., D.L., J.P., an Elder branch.

Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management. Thursday, 16th April, 1936. Decided that the special weekly allowance SIB GODFREY BARING, BT., followed by the now being paid to W. E. Haylett, ex-second HON. GEORGE COLVILLE, in the chair. coxswain of the Caister life-boat, who was Resolved that the respectful thanks of the compelled to retire owing to serious illness Institution be conveyed to H.M. The King for due to exposure in the life-boat service, be his gracious consent to accord his patronage continued until April, 1937. to the Institution. Voted £18 2s. 6d. to pay the rewards for Reported the death of Dr. Leonard Gow, the Eyemouth, New Brighton and Southend- who had been a vice-president of the In- on-Sea shoreboat services, accounts of which stitution since 1930. appear on pp. 140-141. Resolved that the deputy chairman be asked to represent the Institution at the Thursday, 21st May, 1936. International Life-boat Conference in Sweden, SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair. ia July, 1936. Reported the death of Major Sir Maurice Co-opted Mr. A. C. Reed, M.P., a member Cameron, K.C.M.G., who had been a member of the committee of management. of the committee of management from 1921 Reported the receipt of the following to February, 1936, and a vice-president of special contributions :— £ g_ ^ the Institution since 1933, and resolved that Lloyd's collection . . . 1,490 3 0 an expression of sympathy be conveyed to Miss Harman . . . 500 0 0 Lady Cameron. The late Mrs. Eliza Butler, dona- Reported the receipt of the following tion from executors . . 100 0 0 special contributions :— £ s. d. Anonymous . . . 50 0 0 " Anonymous T.A.". . . 250 0 0 Mr. W. E. K. Gulland . 50 0 0 Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Mr. Alan C. Harris . . 35 0 0 Ltd., from collections taken on Paid £28,318 16s. 6d. for the total charges board the Company's vessels. 77 0 0 of the Institution during the month, including The British Broadcasting Cor- rewards for services, payments for the con- poration . . . 21 0 0 struction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways, and the maintenance of life-boat Paid £14,302 17s. 6

(Accounts of these launches appear on Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, in view of his pages 122, 132 and 128 respectively). straitened circumstances. Voted the sum of £5 towards the expenses Voted £10 2s. to pay the rewards for of the illness of Thomas Benn, ex-coxswain shoreboat services at Clovelly, Portrush, and of the Maryport life-boat. Port Stewart, accounts of which appear on Voted the sum of £5 to A. J. Able, ex-head pages 141-142. launcher at Wells, in view of his straitened circumstances. Reported that the French Government had Thursday, 9th July, 1936. awarded medals and diplomas to the crew SIR GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the chair. of the Torbay motor life-boat for their Received with regret the resignation from gallant rescue of the captain of the trawler the committee of management of Lt.-Col. Satanicle on the 30th December, 1935. F. Rayner, D.S.O., T.D. (A full account of this service appeared in Reported the receipt of the following The Life-boat for March, 1936.) special contributions :— Voted £4 7s. 6d. to pay the rewards for the £ s. d. shoreboat services at Lowestoft, Newhaven, Ancient Order of Foresters and Portrush, accounts of which appear on Friendly Society . . . 3,500 0 0 page 141. Independent Order of Oddfellows —Manchester Unity Friendly Thursday, llth June, 1936. Society . . . . 52 10 0 SIR GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the chair. Anonymous . . . 50 0 0 Reported the receipt of the following Court of Assistants of the Drapers' special contribution :— Company . . . 50 0 0 £ s. d. Mr. W. E. C. Atkinson . 50 0 0 Union-Castle motor-vessel War- Paid £29,802 18s. 2d. for the total charges wick Castle, proceeds of an of the Institution during the month, including auction of a cigarette-tin en- rewards for services, payments for the con- graved by the captain . 43 5 0 struction of life-boats, Me-boathovises and slipways, and the maintenance of life-boat Paid £24,139 5s. 2d. for the total charges of stations. the Institution during the month, including re- Included in the above were :— wards for services, payments for the construc- £44 15s. to pay the rewards for life-boat tion of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways, services ; and the maintenance of life-boat stations. £100 12s. to pay the rewards for life-boat Included in the above were :— launches ; £92 Is. 6d. to pay the rewards for life-boat (Accounts of these services and launches services ; appear on pages 137-139) ; £159 17s. 9d. to pay the rewards for life- £5 14s. for the assembly of a crew ; boat launches £40 2s. 4d. on account of pensions already (Accounts of these services and launches granted to the dependent relatives of men appear on pages 135-137) ; who had lost their lives in the life-boat service £8 2s. 6d. for assemblies of crews, etc. ; at Padstow and Rye Harbour ; £2 14s. for a service previously reported ; £13 to a man for injury in the life-boat £313 2s. 2d. on account of pensions already service at Caister. granted to the dependent relatives of men Decided to grant a weekly allowance of who had lost their lives in the life-boat service 10s. for twelve months to Mrs. Ellen Stephens, at Aldeburgh, Caister, Fethard, Filey, in supplement of the annuity which she is Fraserburgh, Holyhead, Johnshaven, The receiving under the Padstow life-boat Mumbles, New Brighton, Newhaven, Pad- Disaster Fund of 1900, in view of her stow, Port St. Mary, Rhoscolyn, Runswick, straitened circumstances. Rye Harbour, St. Andrew's, Troon, Whitby Voted a compassionate grant of £10 to and Wells ; the widow of ex-second coxswain W. E. £40 12s. 6d. to men for injury in the life- Haylett, of Caister. Coxswain Haylett, who boat service at Blackpool, Broughty Ferry, had retired owing to illness due to exposure Cardigan, Moelfre, Newhaven and Walmer. in the life-boat service, had been in receipt Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to the of an allowance from the Institution. widow of John Garnett, at one time bowman Voted £12 16s. to pay the rewards for of the Harwich steam life-boat, in view of shoreboat services at Beer, Cullercoats, her straitened circumstances. Felixstowe, Ilfracombe, New Brighton, Port Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to Stewart, Rousay, and Scarborough, accounts Nathaniel G. Childs, ex-life-boatman at of which appear on pages 142-143.

The Life-boat Stamp Club. Miss MARGARET POWER, of Mount stamps of the King Edward VIII Royal, Old Common, Cobham, Surrey, issue which they will be kind enough the honorary secretary of the Life-boat to send her. They can be sent Stamp Club, will be very glad to receive direct to her or to the secretary of from readers of The Life-boat any the Institution. 148 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

Awards to Coxswains and Life-boatmen. Coxswain's Certificate of Service. The LIFE-BOATMAN'S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE has been awarded to the follow- The COXSWAIN'S CERTIFICATE OF ing on then: retirement:— SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been IRA W. GEAR, 16| years second coxswain awarded to : and 7} years a member of the crew of the JOHN C. BYFORD, 6} years coxswain, 15} Seaham life-boat. years second coxswain, and 18} years THOMAS FAIRBAIBN, 3 years second coxswain bowman of the Walton and Frinton life- and 11J years a member of the crew of the boat. Skateraw life-boat. CHARLES HAYLETT, 29J years a member of Life-boatman's Certificate of Service. the crew and ITJ years lightman of the Caister life-boat. The LIFE-BOATMAN'S CERTIFICATE OF ALEXANDER WYLLIE, 46 years, SERVICE, and a PENSION, have been WILLIAM STEWART, 46 years, awarded to the following, on then* retire- ANDREW CHRISTIE, 46 years, ment :— JOHN DOUGLAS, 46 years, THOMAS H. LEE, 18J years second coxswain, WILLIAM WATT, 45 years, 7J years bowman, and 20J years a member members of the crew of the Gourdon of the crew of the Douglas life-boat. life-boat. DAVID ANDERSON, 34 years a member of JOHN DA VIES, 2J years second coxswain, 17 the crew of the Gourdon life-boat, and years bowman, and 26 years a member of previously 17 years a member of the crew the crew of the Aberystwyth life-boat. of the Montrose life-boat. JAMES POWER, 25 years a member of the FRANK LEE, 37 years, crew and 11 years shore-signalman of the HERBERT CLANCY, 27 years, Dunmore East life-boat. HEWITT STEER, 27 years, members of the crew of the Walton and The LIFE-BOATMAN'S CERTIFICATE OF Frinton life-boat. SERVICE and a GRATUITY, has been awarded to:— Pension. EDWARD QUIRKE, 8} years coxswain and A PENSION has been awarded to :— 30} years a member of the crew of the JAMES POWELL, shore-signalman of the Howth Port St. Mary life-boat. life-boat for 12 years.

Awards to Honorary Workers. The Thanks of the Institution on Vellum. Miss HILARY E. HUMPHREYS, life-boat The THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION worker, Llandudno branch. INSCRIBED ON VELLUM has been Mr. E. S. LATCHMORE, honorary treasurer, awarded to :— Halifax branch. The Reverend WALTER BARBICK HALL, on Mr. ALEXANDER MACKAY, B.A., judge for his retirement after 10 years as honorary Scotland in the life-boat essay competition secretary of the Hauxley and Amble for elementary schools during the past branch. five years. Gold Badge. Record of Thanks. The GOLD BADGE, with the RECORD The RECORD OF THANKS has been OF THANKS, has been awarded to the awarded to the following life-boat workers:— following: Mr. JOHN STEVENS, M.A., honorary secretary, Miss ELIZABETH DE B. GRIFFITH, honorary Markinch branch. secretary, Shanklin Ladies' Life-boat Miss M. C. APTED, Guild, Isle of Wight branch. Miss IVY S. BAINBRIDGE, Mr. S. C. CLAPPERTON, honorary treasurer, Mr. HENRY T. BARTLETT, Edinburgh, Leith and Granton branch. Mrs. L. H. BAVEESTOCK, Mr. A. F. BOBBY, Miss KATHLEEN BOWEN, Life-boat Picture or Statuette of a Commander ALGERNON O. BRADFORD, V.D., Life-boatman. R.N.V.R., The LIFE - BOAT PICTURE or the Miss FLORENCE I. CAMPBELL, STATUETTE OF A LIFE-BOATMAN Mr. S. A. CHARTERIS, has been awarded to the following:— Mrs. FLORENCE A. CLARK, Miss F. E. BURR, life-boat worker, Shrews- Mrs. R. DAVEY, bury branch. Mr. and Mrs. DRAYTON, Mr. H. ROYAL-DAWSON, honorary financial The Rev. and Mrs. W. A. DUVAL, secretary, Bridlington branch. Mr. SAMUEL EELEY, Mrs. V. N. HICKLEY, M.B.E., honorary Miss MARY R. EMAHY, secretary, Taunton branch. Mrs. C. H. EVILL, OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 149

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THE NEW VELLUM OF THANKS. Awarded to Honorary Life Governors and Honorary Secretaries of Life-boat Stations. The Vellum has been designed by Miss Margaret L. Hodgson, a member of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, and engraved by Mr. G. P. Friend. 150 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

Mrs. ELLEN I. GILBERT and the Misses MARY Mrs. BESSIE A. J. TERRY, and CHARLOTTE I. GILBERT, Miss LILIAN VINALL, Mrs. CATHERINE GOWER, Mrs. A. E. WILCOCKSON, Mr. CHARLES E. HEWSON, Miss MAY WOOD, Mrs. A. M. HORNSBY, The MANAGER and STAFF of Barclays Bank, Miss WINIFRED M. HORNSBY, Ltd., 115, Terminus Road, Mrs. ELSIE D. LITTLETON, The MANAGERESS and STAFF of the Imperial Miss ANNIE H. MARCHANT, Hotel, all of the Eastbourne branch. Miss GRACE MARCHANT, Mrs. F. P. COTTEY, Mrs. MABEL MATTHEWS and Miss MATTHEWS, Mrs. W. G. EVANS, Mrs. ELIZABETH K. OGDEN-SMITH, Mrs. KERSLAKE, Mrs. JANE RIDEL, Mrs. KNILL, Miss MARGARET A. ROBERTSON, Mrs. K. LUSCOMBE, Miss MERCY SIMMONS, Mrs. PITTS, Miss A. L. SMITH, Mrs. C. H. SPILLEH, Mrs. SWORDEH, Mrs. EDWARD TURNER, Mrs. E. M. TAYLOR, Mrs. WALL, Mrs. ETHEL O. TAYLOR, Mrs. WESTERN, all of the Exeter branch.

News from the Branches. 1st May to 31st July, 1936. Greater London. secretary of the Institution. Whist drive. Life-boat day was held in Greater London Visit of branch workers to Southend. on 19th May, carried out by ninety-two HAMMERSMITH.—Swimming gala ; pre- branches. The amount raised was £5,046, sentation of prizes by the Mayor and an increase of £138 on 1935. Mayoress. The challenge shield for Greater London in the life-boat essay competition for elemen- HATCH END.—Mrs. Webb appointed tary schools, won by Doris Elizabeth Somer- honorary secretary. ford, of Ivydale Road L.C.C. Girls' School, HAYES.—Village market, opened by the Nunhead, and the challenge shield for the district organizing secretary, Dr. Robert South-East of England, won by Clifford Wiggins pnesiding. Speaker: Lieut.-Col. Beagley, of Kingsley Senior Boys' School, C. R. Satterihwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Croydon, together with the certificates and Institution. - Dancing display by the pupils individual prizes won by Greater London of Miss Olive Phillips. schools, were presented on 16th July. The Mayor of Westminster presided, supported HORNSEY.—Whist drives. by Mr. H. G. Williams, M.P. for South MITCHAM.—Presentation of Mitcham Croydon, and members of the committee of schools' third searchlight. Speaker : Lieut.- management of the Institution. The pre- Col. C. R. Satterthwaitc, O.B.E., secretary of sentations were made by the Right Hon. the Institution. Life-boat workers' social Leslie Hore-Belisha, M.P., Minister of Trans- with address by the district organizing port, who then addressed the children. Mr. secretary. Lecture to St. Olave's church Frederick Woodhouse gave a programme of women's fellowship by the district organizing sea songs. secretary. Exhibition of life-boat photographs at the Ilford Galleries and then at the Camera ROMFORD.—Address to the Rotary Club Club. (A full account, with illustrations, by the district organizing secretary. will be published in the next number). ST. ALBANS.—Annual meeting on 7th BATTERSEA, SOUTH.—Whist drive. July, the Mayor, chairman, presiding. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman BEXLEY.—Mr. S. E. Lawrence appointed of the Institution. Efforts of the past year : honorary treasurer in succession to Mr. B. S. Dance, Prince of Wales Day. Amount Noakes who has left Bexley. collected in 1935, £389, an increase of £59 on BEXLEYHEATH.—Annual meeting on 1934. llth May, Mrs. Ford Sadler, M.B.E., chair- SOUTHEND-ON-SEA.—Life-boat days in man, presiding. Speaker: The district Southend and Canvey Island. Visit of organizing secretary. Amount collected in Clapham branch to Southend. Special 1935, £46, an increase of £7 on 1934. launch of the motor life-boat for repre- Whist drive. sentatives of the United States Coastguard. CARSHALTON AND WALLINGTON.— STREATHAM. — Miss McDermott The branch has suffered a severe loss by the appointed honorary secretary of the branch. death of Mrs. Feu's, its president for the past WANDSWORTH, CENTRAL.—American six years. tea. CLAPHAM.—Garden fete and balloon race, opened by Lady Leigh, Canon Durell, C.B.E., WATFORD.—Life-boat day. president of the branch presiding. Speaker : WELLING.—Whist drive. Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Lectures at Enfield, Lewisham and Sutton. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 151

North-West of England. DOUGLAS.—Presentation by Mr. W. ACCRINGTON.—Life-boat day at Church, Cunningham, chairman of the branch, of a Clayton-le-Moors and Oswaldtwistle. prize won in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools. ADLINGTON.—Special meeting at the house of Mrs. J. Dickinson, president. FARNWORTH.—Life-boat day. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. FLEETWOOD.—Presentation by Coun- Mrs. S. Gent appointed honorary secretary. cillor W. Holden, manager of Pilling Lane Life-boat day. School, Preesall, of a prize won in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. — American The Mayor, and officials of the branch and tea. Ladies' Life-boat Guild were present. ATHERTON.—Presentation by Miss A. M. GARSTANG, GOLBORNE, HASLING- Fletcher, president, of a prize won in the DEN AND HAYDOCK.—Life-boat days. life-boat essay competition for elementary HINDLEY.—Life-boat day. Presentation schools. Life-boat day. by Miss H. A. Southworth, honorary sec- BAMBER BRIDGE.—Life-boat day. retary, of a prize won in the life-boat essay Presentation of prize won in the life-boat competition for elementary schools. essay competition for elementary schools. HOYLAKE.—Summer meeting of the BARROW.—Presentation by the Mayor Hoylake Ladies' Life-boat Guild at the house of a prize won in the life-boat essay com- of Mrs. Crawford, honorary secretary. petition for elementary schools. Life-boat Speaker : The district organizing secretary. day. HYDE.—Whist drive. BILLINGE.—Life-boat day. KENDAL AND KESWICK.—Life-boat days. BLACKPOOL.—The branch has suffered KIRKBY LONSDALE.—Lantern lecture a severe loss by the death of Mr. H. A. Deakin, by the Rev. W. Hartley, at Keastwick. who had been its assistant secretary since Sale of work. 1911. LANCASTER.—Garden fete at Howe BLACKROD.—Life-boat day. Ghyll, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Caleb BOLTON.—Ladies' Life-boat Guild bowl- Wo'lfendale. ing tournament. LEIGH.—Life-boat day. BRIERFIELD.—Life-boat day. LITTLE HULTON.—Annual meeting on 19th May, Mrs. J. Seddon, president, in the BURNLEY.—Presentation of a prize won chair. Speaker: The district organizing in the life-boat essay competition for elemen- secretary. Amount collected in 1935, £23, tary schools. Life-boat day. an increase of £2 on 1934. CARNFORTH.—Ladies' Life-boat Guild Life-boat day. tea. Presentation of a prize won in the LITTLE LEVER.—Life-boat day. life-boat essay competition for elementary LIVERPOOL.—Presentation by the Lady schools. Mayoress of the challenge shield for the North- CHORLEY.—Life-boat day. West of England in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools, won by CLAYTON GREEN.—Jumble sale, organ- Upton Road Senior School, Moreton, Wirral. ized by Miss A. Gardiner. The Lord Mayor, Director of Education and CLITHEROE.—Life-boat day at Chatburn branch officials attended. and Whalley. Annual life-boat service at St. James's Church, New Brighton, at which the Mayor COLNE.—Special meeting at the house of and Mayoress of Wallasey attended. Special Mrs. W. A. Pilgrim. Speaker : The district preachers; the Rev. David Railton, M.C., organizing secretary. Ladies' Life-boat Guild M.A. (rector of Liverpool.) The vicar, Rev. reconstituted. President, the Mayoress ; W. S. Coad, M.A., assisted by Mr. Stuart joint honorary secretaries, Mrs. A. Eardley Deacon (chairman of the New Brighton and Mrs. D. M. Badgery; honorary treasurer, life-boat committee) conducted the service. Mrs. Keighley. Collections at Liscard Palace cinema. CREWE.—Special meeting at the house of LYTHAM-ST. ANNE'S.—House-to-house Mrs. G. Christie-Miller. Speaker : The envelope collection by Ladies' Life-boat district organizing secretary. Ladies' Life- Guild, Lytham section. boat Guild reconstituted. President and MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND DIS- chairman, Mrs. G. Christie-Miller ; honorary TRICT.—Dancing display by Miss Dorothy treasurer, Mrs. M. J. Me Williams ; honorary Brocklebank and her pupils at Messrs. secretary, Mrs. Holmes. Life-boat day. Paulden's Stores, with collections. Concert CULCHETH-WITH-KENYON. — Life- by the Blackpool life-boat silver prize band. boat day. Conductor, Mr. J. Briar. Soloist, Miss Gwendolen Clarke. Address by Mr. P. M. DALTON-IN-FURNESS. — House-to- Oliver, C.B.E., honorary secretary of the house collection. Presentation at Dowdales' branch. Collection. Collections at Messrs. Central School of a prize won in the life-boat Lomas's, Ltd. Life-boat days. Life-boat essay competition for elementary schools. procession and exhibition. 152 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1986.

ALDERLEY EDGE. — " Bring-and- NANTWICH, AND NEWTON-IN- buy" sale at the residence of Lady MAKERFEELD.—Life-boat days. Stewart, president. NORTHWICH.—Life-boat day. Presen- CHEADLE AND GATLEY.—Presenta- tation by Mrs. G. H. Brock, vice-president, tion of a prize won in the life-boat essay of a prize won in the life-boat essay com- competition for elementary schools. petition for elementary schools. ECCLES.—Sunday service at St. OLDHAM.—Presentation by the Mayor of Andrew's Church, which the Mayor and life-boatman statuettes awarded by the Mayoress attended. Preacher : The Rev. Institution to Mrs. E. M. Eastwood and Mrs. C. N. Reynolds, M.A. The Blackpool life- A. F. Hardman, honorary secretary and boat silver prize band, conducted by Mr. J. honorary treasurer respectively, of the Ladies' Briar, provided the music. Collections Life-boat Guild. Presentation of prizes won taken. in the life-boat essay competition for elemen- FAIRFIELD AND DROYLSDEN.— tary schools. Visit of members of the Presentation by Councillor Hetherington, Ladies' Life-boat Guild committee to Hoy- chairman of the Education Committee, of lake. Collections taken. a prize won in the life-boat essay com- ORRELL.—Life-boat day. Competition petition for elementary schools. by the Dean Wood Golf Club, Ladies' Section. FALLOWFIELD.—Special meeting of PADIHAM.—Life-boat day. the Junior Life-boat Guild. PEEL.—Presentation of a prize won in the HEATON MERSEY, HEATON MOOR, life-boat essay competition for elementary AND HEATON CHAPEL.—" Summer schools. Annual sacred service. Capers" given by the Guild Players at PORT ERIN.—Dinner-table collection. Heaton Moor. Annual life-boat sacred service. MARPLE.—Annual meeting on 9th PORT ST. MARY.—Naming ceremony of July. Speaker: The branch secretary. the new motor life-boat. (A special report Mrs. G. W. Whitfleld appointed president. will be published in the next number.) NEW MOSTON.—Whist drives given by Life-boat day. House-to-house collection. Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Crawley and Mrs. Presentation of a prize won in the life-boat Hoolahan. essay competition for elementary schools. SALE, ASHTON-ON-MERSEY, AND PRESTON.—Life-boat day. BROOKLANDS.—Presentation by Miss RAINFORD.—Life-boat day. Presenta- Lomax, president, of a prize won in the tion by Miss E. Pilkington, J.P., of prizes life-boat essay competition for elementary won in the life-boat essay competition. schools. RISHTON.—Life-boat day. WALKDEN.—Visit of Ladies' Life-boat Guild to Hoylake to view the life-boat RUNCORN.—Presentation of a prize Oldham. won in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools. SOUTH SALFORD.—Visit of members of the Life-boat Guild and the Windsor SABDEN.—House-to-house collection. Institute to Fleetwood for a cruise in the SADDLEWORTH AND SANDBACH.— Fleetwood motor life-boat. Life-boat days. WEST SALFORD.—Address by the SILVERDALE.—Annual meeting on 4th branch secretary to women tenants of the June, Mrs. Haigh, chairman of the Ladies' Sutton Trust Flats, Pendleton. Life-boat Guild, presiding. Amount collected MILLOM.—Annual meeting on 10th June, in 1935, £33. the Rev. E. W. Gibson in the chair. Speaker : Gardens of " Grey Walls " open to the The district organizing secretary. Amount public by permission of Mrs. P. L. Sharp, collected in 1935, £51, an increase of £3 on president, on behalf of the funds of the 1934. Presentation of a prize won in the branch. life-boat essay competition for elementary SOUTHPORT.—Life-boat day. schools. STOCKPORT.—Life-boat days. Bridge House-to-house envelope collection. drive. Presentation by Alderman H. Patten, MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM.—Con- J.P., chairman of the Education Committee, certs given by the Morecambe fishermen's of a prize won in the life-boat essay com- choir. petition for elementary schools. MOSSLEY.—Special meeting to recon- TOTTINGTON.—House-to-house collec- stitute branch, convened by Mrs. Douglas tion. " Pound Tea " and " Kitchen Shower." Schofleld, J.P. Mr. W. A. Mayall, secretary Garden fete. for education, in the chair in the unavoidable TURTON AND UPHOLLAND. — Life- absence of the Mayor. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Officers appointed: boat days. President, the Mayoress ; vice-presidents, the WARRINGTON.—Presentation by the Deputy Mayoress, Mrs. John Hamer Brooks, Mayor of life-boatman statuettes, awarded Miss 'Chapman; chairman, the Mayor; by "the Institution, to Mrs. Gardiner and honorary treasurer, Mr. G. H. Keys ; joint Mrs. Inglis, honorary secretary and honorary honorary secretaries, Mrs. Douglas Schofield, treasurer, respectively, of the Warrington J.P., and Miss M. Keys. branch. Life-boat day. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 153

By courtesy of] [Scottish Pictorial Press THE QUEEN MARY COLLECTS ON EDINBURGH LIFE-BOAT DAY.

LIFE-BOATMAN AND COASTGUARD IN SUPPORT. The new coat oi arms of Ramsgate, where the life-boat station has rescued 1,365 lives'since 1865. (Reproduced by courtesy of the Borough of Ramsgate.) 154 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

WESTHOUGHTON.—Special meeting on KEIGHLEY.—Annual meeting of the 3rd June. Branch reconstituted. President, Ladies' Life-boat Guild on llth May, the Councillor W. Lowe, J.P. ; vice-president, Mayoress presiding, supported by the Mayor. Mrs. W. Dickinson ; honorary secretary, Mr. Efforts of the past year: Works appeal, B. Anson; honorary treasurer, Mrs. J. Prince of Wales Day. Amount collected in Gibson. Life-boat day. House-to-house 1935 £79. collection. KIRKBURTON .—House-to-house collec- WHITEHAVEN. — Cinema collections, tion. arranged by Mrs. Halliwell. Presentation KIRKHEATON.—At home. of prizes won in the life-boat essay com- pstition for elementary schools. LEEDS AND MALTON.—Life-boat days. WIDNES.—House-to-house collection. MIRFIELD.—Bridge drive. WORKINGTON.—Annual meeting on NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE. — Bridge 26th May. Speaker : The district organizing drives. Life-boat day. secretary. Miss Douglas appointed honorary NORTH SUNDERLAND.—Annual fete. treasurer in succession to Miss Carruthers, OTLEY, AND OUTWOOD AND resigned. Amount collected in 1935, £75. STANLEY.—Life-boat days. North-East of England. PATRINGTON.—Annual whist drive. ACKWORTH.—Life-boat day. POCKLINGTON.—Garden party at Waiter Priory by kind permission of the ALNWICK.—Fancy fair. Hon. Mrs. Vestey. ARMTHORPE AND ASKERN.—Life- PONTEFRACT, PRUDHOE, AND boat days. RIPON.—Life-boat days. HAMBURGH.—Meeting of Grace Darling SCARBOROUGH.—Bridge drives. Museum Appeal Committee. SELBY.—Life-boat day. BATLEY.—Life-boat day. SHEFFIELD.—American tea. Life-boat BERWICK.—Annual meeting of Ladies' day. Life-boat Guild on 2nd July. Speaker : SHIPLEY, SKELLOW AND CAR- Lady Francis Osborne. Efforts of the past CROFT, AND SLAITHWAITE.—Life-boat year : Prince of Wales Day, two dances, fete. days. Amount collected in 1935 £188, an increase of £23 on 1934. SOUTH SHIELDS.—Special meeting arranged by the Mayoress to organise a BIRKENSHAW.—Life-boat day. special effort. BRADFORD.—House-to-house collection. SOWERBY BRIDGE, SPENBOROUGH, Life-boat day. STAINFORTH, AND STOCKSFIELD.— BRAMHAM AND BRIDLINGTON.— Life-boat days. Life-boat days. STOCKTON.—House-to-house collection. CONISBOROUGH.—Whist drive. Life- SUNDERLAND.—Life-boat day. Naming boat day. ceremony of new motor life-boat. (A special CONSETT.—Life-boat day. report will be published in the next number.) CRESSWELL. —House-to-house collec- THORNE AND MOORENDS.—Life-boat tion. day. DARFIELD.—Whist drive. WASHINGTON.—Special meeting of Ladies' Life-boat Guild, to re-form the Guild DARLINGTON AND DEWSBURY.— and elect officials. Life-boat days. WHITLEY BRIDGE AND WILLING- DRIPFIELD.—Drawing-room meeting. TON, CO. DURHAM.—Life-boat days. DURHAM.—Special meeting, arranged YORK.—Special meeting of the Ladies' by Sybil Lady Eden, O.B.E., chairman of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, the Mayor Life-boat Guild, the Lady Mayoress presiding. presiding. Speaker: The Marchioness of Londonderry, D.B.E. Midlands. A conference of the Midlands branches GATESHEAD.—Life-boat day. Garden was held in Birmingham on the 15th and fete. 10th May and was attended by 221 delegates. GOLCAR.—Lifeboat day. They assembled at the New Fire Brigade's HARROGATE.—Garden fete. Dancing Headquarters and were shown over the matinee. station and entertained to tea by the Bir- mingham Watch Committee. Next morning HARTLEPOOL, HEMSWORTH, AND they were welcomed by Alderman Lovesey, HOLMFORTH.—Life-boat days. chairman of the Watch Committee, and Mr. HONLEY.—House-to-house collection. C. H. Dobinson, chairman of the branch, at the Botanical Gardens, where the conference HUDDERSFIELD.—American tea and was held, with Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., sale. chairman of the Institution, presiding, HULL, HUNSWORTH, AND ILKLEY.— supported by Lieut.-Col. A. D. Burnett Life-boat days. Brown, M.C., T.D., deputy secretary. OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 155

After the conference the delegates visited KIDDERMINSTER. — Life - boat day. Himley Hall, the residence of the Earl of " Riders of the Storm " film shown at three Dudley, D.L., J.P., and were entertained cinemas. Life-boat days at Bewdley and to tea. Stourport. " Riders of the Storm" film ALFORD.—Life-boat day, shown. ALFRETON.—Life-boat day. " Riders LANGWITH, LEEK, LICHFIELD, of the Storm "fil mshown . LONG EATON AND LOUGHBOROUGH.— Life-boat days. ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, ATHER- STONE, BADSEY, AND HELPER AND LOUTH.—House-to-house week. HEAGE.—Life-boat days. LYE AND MALVERN.—Life-boat days. BIRMINGHAM.—Life-boat day. Trea- MARKET HARBOROUGH.—House-to sure Hunt. Collection at Gaumont Cinema. house collection. Address to Women's Insti- House-to-house collection at Aston. Life- tute at Rockingham Castle. boat days at Rubery and Rednal. Annual MATLOCK AND MELTON MOWBRAY. meeting at Smethwick, Alderman T. W. -—Life-boat days. Evans presiding. Speaker : The district NEWARK.—Annual meeting, Mr. H. P. G. organizing secretary. Addresses to depot Branston presiding. Speaker : Sir Godfrey superintendents, Austin Women's Branch Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution. of Unionists, Leigh Road Boys' School, and Amount collected in 1935, £59, an increase of Central Secondary School. £6 on 1934. BLACKHEATH, BLOCKLEY, BOSTON, BOURNE, AND BRIERLEY HILL.— NEWCASTLE AND NEW MILLS.— Life-boat days. Life-boat days. BRISTOL.—Annual meeting, the Lord NORTHAMPTON. — Performance of Mayor presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. J. " Quality Street." Dance at Wootton. Benskin, D.S.O., O.B.E., a member of the NUNEATON, OAKHAM, OUNDLE, committee of management of the Institution. PERSHORE, PETERBOROUGH, RED- Amount collected in 1935, £1,177, an increase DITCH, AND RIPLEY.—Life-boat days. of £131 on 1934. RUGBY.—Life-boat day at Southam and Life-boat day. Dunchurch. BROADWAY.—Life-boat day and address RUGELEY, SHIRLEY, SLEAFORD to the Women's Institute. AND SPALDING.—Life-boat days. BROMSGROVE, BROWNHILLS, AND SPILSBY AND CONINGSBY.—Life-boat BURTON-ON-TRENT.—Life-boat days. day at Coningsby. BUXTON.—House-to-house collection. STOURBRIDGE, STOW-ON-WOLD, CHELTENHAM.—Annual meeting, the STRATFORD-ON-AVON, STROUD, TAM- Mayor presiding. Speaker: Mr. H. J. WORTH, AND TETBURY.—Life-boat days. Lewis, a vice-president of the branch. TEWKESBURY. — Life-boat day. Amount collected in 1935, £139. Address to Women's Institutes. COLESHILL.—Life-boat day. UPPINGHAM AND UPTON - ON - COVENTRY.—Annual meeting, the SEVERN.—Life-boat days. Mayor presiding. Amount collected in 1935, UTTOXETER.—House-to-house collec- £165. tion. Presentation of the Midlands district WALSALL.—Life-boat day. challenge shield in the life-boat essay compe- tition for elementary schools, and the WARWICK.— British Legion meeting. certificates and books to other Coventry Speaker : The district organizing secretary. schools, by the Mayor, supported by the WOODHALL SPA.—Life-boat day. Mayoress and the Director of Education. Life-boat day. South-East of England. DAVENTRY.—Life-boat day. AMPTHILL.—Life-boat day. " Heroes of the Sea " and " Riders of the Storm " DERBY.—Life-boat day. " Riders of the films shown. Storm " film shown at four cinemas. Life- BECCLES.—Life-boat days at Beccles boat days at Alvaston and Boulton. and Halesworth. DESBOROUGH, DROITWICH, EARL BRENTWOOD AND DISTRICT.—Life- SHILTON, EVESHAM, FAIRFORD AND boat days. LECHLADE, AND GAINSBOROUGH.— Life-boat days. BRIGHTON AND HOVE.—Cinema collection. GRANTHAM.—Life-boat day. "Riders of the Storm " film shown. CAMBERLEY.—Life-boat day. CAMBRIDGE.—Annual meeting, Mrs. GRIMSBY.—Life-boat day at Barton-on- Giles, president, in the chair. Speaker: Humber. The Hon. George Colville, deputy chairman HEANOR, HINCKLEY, HORNCASTLE, of the Institution. Effort of the past year: AND IRTHLINGBOROUGH. — Life-boat House-to-house collections. Amount col- days. lected in 1935, £94. 156 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

CATERHAM AND DISTRICT.—Life- the Storm " films shown. Lecture at Chailey boat day. Women's Institute. COLCHESTER.—Performance of the life- LOWESTOFT.—Golf competition. boat play " Their Business in Great Waters." MARCH.—Life-boat day. "Riders of Dancing display. the Storm " film shown. DARTFORD.—The life-boat picture MISTLEY, MANNINGTREE AND awarded by the Institution to Miss Hayward, DISTRICT.—Garden party and whist drive honorary secretary of the branch, was at Mistley Place. presented to her by the president, Miss Fleet. Life-boat tableau in carnival procession. RAMSEY HEIGHTS.—House-to-house Whist and bridge drive. collection. DORKING.—Life-boat day. RYE AND WINCHELSEA.—Garden sale. DOVER.—Life-boat day and tennis ST. NEOTS.—Life-boat day. Lecture at tournament, arranged by the Ladies' Life- Eynesbury Women's Institute. boat Guild. SANDWICH.—Sale of work (half EASTBOURNE AND DISTRICT.— proceeds). Annual meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat SEAFORD.—Life-boat day. Guild, Mrs. Astley Roberts, president, in the chair. Speaker : The district organizing SHERINGHAM.—Naming ceremony of secretary. Efforts of the past year : Prince the new motor life-boat. (A special report of Wales Days in Eastbourne and district, will be published in the next number.) and other collections. Woollen scarf-helmets, the gift of Mrs. Manby, Life-boat days in Eastbourne and country of Codsall, Staffordshire, presented to the districts, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat life-boat crew. Guild. Concert at Cross-in-Hand (half SHOREHAM HARBOUR. — Life-boat proceeds). days at Shoreham and Southwick. " Heroes EDENBRIDGE.—Jumble sale. Lecture of the Sea " and " Riders of the Storm " at Chiddingstone Women's Institute. films shown at Shoreham. EPPING.—Life-boat day. Whist drive. TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—Jumble sale. American tea. Lecture to the Women's WALTON-ON-THAMES.—Life-boat day. Institute WELLS.—Naming .ceremony of the new ESHER.—Life-boat day. motor life-boat. (A special report will be FOLKESTONE.—Chilton Farm nurseries published in the next number.) opened to the public in aid of branch funds. WELWYN GARDEN CITY.—Life-boat Part proceeds of a garden fete. Presentation day. of prizes won in the life-boat essay competi- WESTERHAM.—Bridge drive. tion for elementary schools. WEYBRIDGE.—Life-boat day. GERRARD'S CROSS. — Collection at London Film Productions' studios, Denham. WISBECH.—Life-boat day at Wisbech and Walsoken. GODALMING.—" Riders of the Storm " film shown. WOKINGHAM.—Life-boat day at Wokingbam and Crowthorne. GRAYS AND DISTRICT.—Competition at Orsett Golf Club. WOLVERTON.—Collection at L.M.S. Railway Company's works. Presentation HARWICH.—Collection on steamers to of prizes won in the life-boat essay competi- the Continent, and at Shotley on the occasion tion for elementary schools at Wolverton of the King's birthday review. and Stony Stratford. HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS.— Blessing of the sea service. Cinema collec- WOODBRIDGE AND DISTRICT.— tions. House-to-house collections. HUNTINGDON AND DISTRICT.—Life- WORTHING AND DISTRICT.— boat day. Life-boat day. "Riders of the Storm" film shown. Presentation of prize won in HYTHE AND DYMCHURCH.—Special the life-boat essay competition for elementary launch of life - boat on Whit - Monday. schools. Naming ceremony of the new motor life- boat. (A special report will be published in GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLE- the next number.) STON.—Life-boat day. Whist drive at Great Yarmouth, open-air whist drive at ISLE OF SHEPPEY.—Life-boat days at Gorleston, and tennis tournament arranged Sheerness and Queenborough. by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Presenta- KING'S LYNN.—Joint street collection tion of prize won in the life-boat essay with the Hull Sailors' Orphanage. Presenta- competition for elementary schools. tion of prize won in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools. Lectures were given to the Rotary Club at Deal by Captain W. R. Coleman, honorary LEATHERHEAD.—Life-boat day. secretary Goodwin Sands and Downs branch; LEWES AND DISTRICT.—Life-boat at Kingshott School, near Hitchin, by Captain days. " Heroes of the Sea " and " Riders of H. E. Holme, R.N. (Ret.), honorary secretary OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 157

of the Boxmoor and Hemel Hempstead DARTMOUTH.—Life-boat day, with branch; to the Women's Institutes at Bann- model of the Torbay motor life-boat, George ing and Tenterden by Colonel A. C. Barnby, Shee, parading the streets. O.B.E., honorary secretary of the Rochester The branch has suffered a severe loss by branch; and at Anstye, Barkway, Dane Hill the resignation, followed by the death, of and Chelwood Gate, Earith and Colne, Mrs. M. E. Macfie, who had been its honorary Halstead (Kent), Hurst Green, Maldon, secretary for thirteen years. In 1934 she Sandon, Terriers and Totteridge, and Weston was awarded a life-boat picture. Turvffle. DEVIZES.—Life-boat day. Prizes won in the life-boat essay competi- tion for elementary schools were also EXETER.—Life-boat day and stall of presented at Buxton, Cobham, Cromer, produce. Presentations by Mr. J. Passmore, Hatfleld, High Wycombe, Hitchin, Horsford, chairman of the elementary education Kesgrave, Lydd, Reigate and Shotley. committee, and by Mr. H. C. Rowe, of prizes won in the life-boat essay competition for South-West of England. elementary schools. ALDERSHOT.—Special meeting arranged EXMOUTH.—Life-boat day at Budleigh by the Mayor, who presided, supported by Salterton. Exhibition at the life-boat house the Mayoress. Speaker: The district of rare fish, ships models, etc, lent by Sir organizing secretary. Life-boat day. Garbutt Knott, Mr. W. R. Ridway and The branch has suffered a severe loss by others. the death of Mr. B. R. Williams, its honorary FARNBOROUGH.—Life-boat days at secretary for the past five years. Farnborough and Fleet. ANDOVER.—Life-boat day. FOWEY.—Bridge drive. Life-boat day APPLEDORE.—Life-boat days at Apple- at Lostwithiel and villages. dore, Bideford and district. GUERNSEY.—Life-boat days at Guern- BANBURY.—Life-boat day in Banbury sey, Alderney and Sark. Dance. and villages. ILFRACOMBE.—Naming ceremony of BARNSTAPLE.—Life-boat days at Barn- the new motor life-boat. (A special report staple and Braunton. will be published in the next number.) Life- boat day in Ilfracombe and villages. BASINGSTOKE. — Life-boat day at Hartley Wintney ISLE OF WIGHT : BATH.—Presentation by Mr. John Hatton, COWES.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' Spa director, of prize won in the life-boat Life-boat Guild. Speaker: The district essay competition for elementary schools. organizing secretary. BICESTER.—Life-boat day at Bicester RYDE.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' and villages. Life-boat Guild, Lady Daly presiding, supported by the Mayoress of Ryde. BLANDFORD.—Address to the Women's Speaker: The district organizing secretary. Institute by the district organizing secretary, NEWPORT.—Annual meeting of the the Mayor presiding. Isle of Wight Life-boat Board, Major- BOURNEMOUTH.—Annual meeting, the General the Rt. Hon. Lord Mottistone, Mayor, president, in the chair, supported P.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., a vice-president by the Mayoress, the Mayors of Poole and of the Institution and president of the Christchurch, and Lady Lyle, president of Board, in the chair, Efforts of the past the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Speaker: The year : Life-boat days, dance at Cowes, Hon. George Colville, deputy chairman of carnival at Ryde. Presentations to Miss the Institution. Efforts of the past year : E. de B. Griffith and Mrs. Southin of the Prince of Wales Day, bridge and whist drives, life-boat pictures awarded to them by house-to-house collections. Amount col- the Institution. lected in 1935, £663. Presentation to Mrs. LYMINGTON. — " Walhampton " and Tuck (Christchurch) of the record of thanks " Byeways " gardens open to the public on awarded to her by the Institution. Musical behalf of the Institution. Life-boat days programme. Tea provided by the Mayor. at Lymington, Milford-on-Sea, New Milton BRADFORD-ON-AVON—Life-boat day. and Barton-on-Sea. BURNHAM-ON-SEA.—Life-boat days at MARLBOROUGH.—Life-boat day at Burnham and Highbridge. Pewsey. CALNE.—Life-boat day. NEWBURY.—Life-boat day at Hunger- ford. Address to the Women's Institute. CHARD.—Life-boat day at Ilminster. NEWQUAY.—Special meeting, Mr. E. CHIPPENHAM.—Life-boat days at Giles presiding. Speaker: The district Chippenham and Corsham. organizing secretary. CLEVEDON.—Life-boat day. NEWTON ABBOT and OKEHAMPTON. COVERACK. — Presentation by the —Life-boat days. district inspector of the binoculars awarded by the Institution to Mr. R. G. Harvey, PADSTOW.—Dance. honorary secretary, Mr. W. T. Lamb, PAIGNTON.—Life-boat day. chairman, presiding. PENZANCE.—Bridge drive. 158 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

PETERSFIELD.—Life-boat days at Scotland. Petersfield and Liss. Meeting of Scottish Life-boat Council in PLYMOUTH.—Life-boat day. Glasgow on 20th May, Mr. J. R. Barnett, POOLE.—Life-boat days at Poole and O.B.E., M.I.N.A., consulting naval architect Wimborne. to the Institution, presiding. ABERDEEN, ALLOA, AND ANNAN.— PORTSMOUTH.—Annual meeting of the Life-boat days. Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Miss Breton, chair- man, presiding. Speaker : The district ANSTRUTHER.—Life-boat days at organizing secretary. Anstruther, Pittenweem, and St. Monance. Life-boat day. ARBROATH, ARDROSSAN, ARRAN, AND AUCHTERMUCHTY. — Life-boat REDRUTH.—Bridge and whist drive. days. ROMSEY.—Life-boat day in Romsey and BANFF, MACDUFF, WHITEHILLS villages. AND GARDENSTOWN.—Dancing display SALISBURY.—Life-boat day at West at Banff .by the pupils of the Alexandria Moors. School of Dancing. House-to-house collec- SCILLY ISLES.—Life-boat day and tion. dance. BO'NESS, BURNTISLAND, CARLUKE, CARRONBRIDGE, CARSTAIRS, COLD- SEATON.—Life-boat day at Beer. STREAM, CROMARTY, CUPAR, AND SHEPTON MALLET.—Life-boat day at DARVEL.—Life-boat days. Bruton. DUFFTOWN.—House-to-house collection. SOUTHAMPTON. — Life-boat day in DUNDEE.—Life-boat day. Southampton and district. DUNFERMLINE.—Presentation by Rear- SWINDON.—Life-boat days at Swindon Admiral R. C. Davenport, C.B., Commanding and Cricklade. Officer, Coast of Scotland, at Rosyth School, TAUNTON.—Presentation by the district of a certificate won in the life-boat essay organizing secretary at a meeting of the competition for elementary schools. committee of the life-boat picture awarded DUNOON.—Annual life-boat ball, held by the Institution to Mrs. Hickley, honorary in connexion with the International Clyde secretary for the district. Regatta. Provost Macpherson and Mrs. Macpherson were the host and hostess, and TAVISTOCK.—Life-boat day. an appeal was made by Mr. J. Bryce Allan, THAME.—Garden meeting and whist a member of the committee of management drive. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. A. D. Burnett- of the Institution, and chairman of the Brown, M.C., T.D., deputy secretary of the Glasgow branch. Institution. EDINBURGH.—Open golf meeting at TIVERTON.—Life-boat days in Tiverton, Longniddry, arranged by Miss E. H. Sawers. Bampton and villages. Prizes presented by Harriet, Lady Findlay, D.B.E., president of the Edinburgh Ladies' TORQUAY.—Annual meeting of the Life-boat Guild and honorary secretary of Ladies' Life-boat Guild, Mrs. Callard pre- the Scottish Life-boat Council. siding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satter- thwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. ELGIN AND FALKLAND.—Life-boat Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day, days. bridge and whist drive, dance. FORRES.—Presentation by Mrs. Ander- Inspection of the Torbay motor life-boat by son, of Cathay, of a certificate won in the Major-General the Rt. Hon. Lord Mottistone, life-boat essay competition for elementary P.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., a vice-president schools. of the Institution. FORTROSE.—Life-boat day. TOTNES.—Life-boat days at Totnes and FRASERBURGH.—Special meeting, Mr. Buckfastleigh. J. Wallace Tarras, honorary secretary, presiding. Presentation by Lord Saltoun TRURO.—Life-boat day. of the bronze medal awarded by the Institu- WANTAGE.—Life-boat day. tion to Coxswain James Sim, and the awards to the crew, for the service to the Evergreen, WESTBURY.—Life-boat day. 18th January, 1936. WESTON - SUPER - MARE. — Annual The branch has suffered a severe loss by meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, the death of Mr. J. Wallace Tarras, who had Mrs. Porcher presiding. Speaker : The been the honorary secretary of the station district organizing secretary. Life-boat day for twenty-two years. He was awarded in Weston-super-Mare and villages. inscribed binoculars in 1925. WEYMOUTH.—Special meeting of Ladies' GIRVAN.—Life-boat day. Life-boat Guild at the invitation of Mr. and GLASGOW.—Annual meeting on 25th Mrs. Curl. Speaker : The district organizing May, Mr. James Bryce Allan, chairman of secretary. the branch, and a member of the committee WINCHESTER.—Life-boat day. of management of the Institution, presiding. YEOVIL.—Life-boat days in the villages. Efforts of the past year : Prince of Wales Addresses to Women's Institutes at High- Day, reception, ball and lantern lectures. clere, Kennirigton, Sutton Courtenay and Amount collected in 1935, £11,384, including Appleford, Wellow and Woodley. a special gift of £7,500. Excluding the OCTOBER, 1936.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 159 special gift, this is an increase of £272 on northern district inspector. Efforts of the 1934. past year : Prince of Wales Day. Amount Life-boat day. collected in 1935, £173, an increase of £28 GOURDON.—Naming ceremony of the on 1934. new motor life-boat. (A special report will NEWTONMORE AND NORTH BER- be published in the next number.) Life-boat WICK.—Life-boat days. day. OBAN.—Life-boat days at Oban, Bender- GRANGEMOUTH AND GRANTOWN- loch, Easdale, Mallaig and Tobermory. ON-SPEY.—Life-boat days. PERTH.—Perth and district life-boat, GREENOCK.—Life-boat day. Presenta- days. tion by Mr. Robert Williamson, the honorary PORT PATRICK.—Annual dance and life- secretary, of a certificate won in the life-boa! boat day. essay competition for elementary schools. SANQUHAR, ST. ANDREWS, STEWAR- INVERBERVIE AND INVERKEITH- TON, AND STIRLING.—Life-boat days. ING.—Life-boat days. STORNOWAY.—Golf competition. INVERNESS.—The branch has suffered STRANRAER, SUTHERLAND, a severe loss by the death of Mr. Murdo Grant, who had been its honorary treasurer THURSO, TROON, AND VALE OF since 1934. Before that, for twenty years, LEVEN.—Life-boat days. Mr. Grant had been the honorary secretary Ireland. of the Cromarty station. He was presented BALLYCOTTON.—Life-boat day. Din- with inscribed binoculars in 1927, and the ner to the life-boat crew by four English thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum deep sea anglers, from Folkestone, in honour on his retirement from the honorary of the service to the Daunt Rock lightship secretaryship in 1933. in February last. ISLE OF BUTE.—Life-boat day. BANGOR.—Life-boat day. ISLE OF ISLAY.—Life-boat days at BELFAST.—Annual meeting on May Colonsay, Bowmore, Port Ellen, Port Char- 15th, the High Sheriff, (Alderman G. R. lotte and Jura. Black) presiding. Speakers : Mr. T. JEDBURGH.—Presentation by Mr. Richardson, D.L., the Viscount Bangor, D.L., Thomas H. Prudden, honorary secretary, of Mr. Justice Brown, Mr. H. H. Stewart, a certificate won in the life-boat essay Commander P. V. Kilgour, R.N., Sir Joseph competition for elementary schools. McConnell, Bt., D.L., M.P., Lady Clark, KELSO.—Life-boat day. Presentation of Lieut-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., a certificate won in the life-boat essay secretary of the Institution, and the district competition for elementary schools. organizing secretary. Amount collected in KILMARNOCK.—Life-boat day. Dancinp 1935, £1,038, an increase of £166 on 1934. display organized by Miss Jean S. Inglis, a Life-boat day. Address by the district member of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, the organizing secretary to the Rosemary Street Countess of Loudoun presiding. First Presbyterian Church. KILSYTH AND KINGUSSIE.—Life-boat DROGHEDA.—Life-boat day. days. DUBLIN.—Annual meeting, Senator the KIRKCALDY.—General meeting of the Rt. Hon. Andrew Jameson, D.L., chairman Ladies' Life-boat Guild. of the branch, presiding. Speaker : Lieut.- KIRKCUDBRIGHT.—Cake and candy Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary sale at Haugh-of-Urr. Life-boat day at of the Institution. Amount collected in Castle Douglas. 1935, £1,136. The branch has sustained a severe loss by LARBERT.—Life-boat day. the death of the Countess van Cutsem, LARGS.—Life-boat day at Wemyss Bay president of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild and Skelmorlie. since 1934. She had previously been its LERWICK.—Life-boat day. vice-president for several years, and before LEVEN.—" At Home" given by Mrs. that, an honorary organizer of appeals. Alex. Hutchison, president of the Ladies' Life-boat days. Life-boat Guild. Speaker: Harriet, Lady DUN LAOGHAIRE.—Annual meeting, Findlay, D.B.E., president of the Edinburgh Mr. Gerald Byrne, chairman of the branch, Ladies' Life-boat Guild and honorary secre- presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satter- tary of the Scottish Life-boat Council. thwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Life-boat day. Amount collected in 1935, £208. Life-boat day. LOCHGELLY AND LOCHMABEN.— Life-boat days. GAL WAY.—Annual meeting. Amount collected in 1935, £49. LOCKERBIE.—Presentation by Mr. HOWTH.—Annual meeting, Mr. T. David Cormack, honorary secretary, of a Gaisford St. Lawrence, chairman of the certificate won in the life-boat essay competi- branch, presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. tion for elementary schools. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the MILNATHORT.—Life-boat day. Institution. Amount collected in 1935, MONTROSE.—Annual meeting on 19th £141, an increase of £25 on 1934. May, ex-Provost W. Douglas Johnston, LARNE.—Annual meeting, Rev. Robert O.B.E., chairman, presiding. Speaker : The Kirkpatrick, M.A., in the chair. Speaker : 160 THE LIFE-BOAT. [OCTOBER, 1936.

The district organizing secretary. Amount Garden fete organized by the Ladies* collected in 1935, £87, an increase of £5 on Life-boat Guild. Life-boat day. 1934. Life-boat day at Penarth, with visit of the Life-boat day. Barry Dock motor life-boat. LIMERICK.—Annual meeting, the Mayor COLWYN BAY.—Life-boat day. House- presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. to-house collection. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the CONNAH'S QUAY.—Mrs. M. Bottomley Institution. Amount collected in 1935, appointed honorary secretary in place of £94. Mrs. L. E. Jillings, who has left the district. LONDONDERRY.—Annual meeting on Life-boat day. 29th May, the Mayor, president of the branch, FERRYSIDE.—House-to-house collec- in the chair. Speaker : The district organ- tion. izing secretary. Amount collected in 1935, £98. HAVERFORDWEST.—Life-boat day. MULLINGAR, NEWCASTLE, PORT- HEREFORD.—Life-boat day and cinema RUSH, AND ROSSLARE HARBOUR.— collection. Life-boat days. HOLYHEAD, LEOMINSTER, LLAND- DULAIS, AND LLANDOVERY.—Life-boat Wales. days. (Including Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, LUDLOW.—House-to-house collection. and Shropshire.) MILFORD HAVEN.—Life-boat day. ABERGELE.—Life-boat day. MOLD.—Presentation by Mr. Wells of a BARRY.—Life-boat day. Presentation prize, and by the district organizing secretary by Mr. E. V. Swallow, chairman, of two of two prizes, won in the life-boat essay prizes, and by Mrs. T. Rowlands, chairman competition for elementary schools. of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, of one prize, MONMOUTH.—Life-boat day. won in the life-boat essay competition for elementary schools. MONTGOMERY.—Presentation by Mrs. Thomas, wife of the vicar, of a prize won in BRECON.—Presentation by Capt. and the life-boat essay competition for elementary Mrs. Christy of a prize won in the life-boat schools. essay competition for elementary schools. NEATH.—Life-boat day. BRONYGARTH.—Presentation by Mrs. H. A. Barnes of a prize won in the life-boat NEWPORT (Mon.)—Life-boat day and essay competition for elementary schools. cinema collection. CARDIFF AND PENARTH.—Presenta- OSWESTRY.—Presentation of a prize won tion by the Lady Mayoress of five prizes won in the life-boat essay competition for elemen- in the life-boat essay competition for elemen- tary schools. tary schools. Life-boat day. Mrs. Frank E. Webber appointed chairman PEMBROKE AND PEMBROKE DOCK. of the Cardiff Ladies' Life-boat Guild in —The branch has suffered a serious loss by place of Mrs. Ormond Lewis, who has left the death of Mr. H. A. Jones-Lloyd, its the district. Mrs. T. Lees-Molyneux chairman and honorary treasurer since 1916. appointed honorary secretary in place of PONTYPRIDD.—Life-boat. day. House- Mrs. Peter Bryant and Miss M. Russell to-house collection. Cinema collection. Thomas, resigned. Miss E. Austin appointed honorary treasurer in place of Mrs. T. C. SWANSEA.—Life-boat day. Warren Evans, resigned. USK.—Life-boat day.

Notice. THE LIFE-BOAT is published quarterly and is sent free to all honorary secretaries of branches and the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, to coxswains, honorary workers, subscribers often shillings and over, libraries, the principal hotels, and the Press. It is the current record of the work of the life-boat service, and the chief means by which it keeps its workers, subscribers, and the general public informed of its activities. Unless you are keeping a complete set of the journal you will help the Institution if, after reading this number, you will pass it on to a friend. All contributions for the Institution should be sent either to the honorary secretary of the local branch or guild, or to Lieut.-Col. G. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., the Secretary, Royal National Life-boat Institution, 42, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I. All enquiries about the work of the Institution or about the journal should lie addressed to the secretary. The next number of THE LIFE-BOAT will be published in December, 1936.