The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

LYME REGIS.

A 13•LLANT ACTION. —The following letter ap-
pears in Theraday's Time* :—During one of the most
fearful storms ever experienced on the west coast,
four weasel. Worming to this port, the Spec, the Ann
and Emily, the Panda, and the Vuloan, were this
morning driven from their moorings is the Cobb,
and wrecked on the beach. Fortunately no lives
were lost. Through the gallant orindoot of bent.
Elton, R.N.. chief tinker of the Lyme Coastguard
Station, and four mom, who put off in an open boat,
three seaman belonging to the doomed yeses! Vuloao
were reamed from • wstery grays. The names of
the brav, fellows who writhed Lieutenant Elton in
his mission of mercy are Edward Clemente and
Robert Weimoath, Giestguard boatmen; John
Row and James Itiwler, master mariners ; and
Thomas Scads. seaman. The scariest of this °Moor
and men is, indeed, well worthy of the entaideratioa
of the Royal Retinue! Lifeboat Institution, who
have the power of rewarding those who on.. the
lives of their fellow-creatures at the risk of their
own. The timely amistanos of this boat's crew was
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itithe !pesos of nryy.....•thp '-"' -
se the earn. sed foe o the • ve-mentionett
yeasels by securing her in the Cobb. The general
opinion is that if the new lifeboat ia- sly sent to this
station had been available to have placed mews on
hoard two of dew veletas now lying total wrecks os
the beech they might have been saved. Lyme for
many yeen has been • lifeboat station. Until lately
the lifeboat has beau homed in • .belt-red spot at
the bead of the Cohhoirhere she was always available,
but owing to the thertzightednem of thous who have
the management of these nutters at Lyme a new
boathouse bas recently been erected on the west
beach at the back of the Cobb, whence it is now
found impossible to launch the lifeboat in • gale of
wind. The mithorities of the Lifeboat Institution
will do well in bear these facts in mind, and the
' sootier they look • little deeper into the management I
of the lifeboat at this station the more readily will
the local public respond to their appeal of support. ,
W. T. Newenham, Commander H. N., late chief
Officer of the Lyme Coastguard Station. Lyme,
Dorset, Janetry 8.
NEW LIFEEKIVE Hooey. —The Secretary of the
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, has reported on
the above : With reference to Commander W. T.
Newenbam's letter in the Timer of to-day, I beg to
Mate that the prompt and gallaot services of beet.
Elton RN, and his crew will receive the most
, hmn y:able consideration of the National Lifeboat
Institution. Commodore Tarleton. R.N., C. 13., the
present able Controller General of the 4.3-iictoptard, is
• zealous member of thecommittos of the Institution,
and I have no doubt be will seed to us detailed
reports of the noble services in saving life from ship-
wreck recently rendered by the Coastguard at Lyme,
Exmouth, and at other places. With respect to
the additional remark of Commander Neesehain on
the situation of the Lyme new lifeboat-house, I beg
to say that it was selected, in coujunctiou with the
local Lifeboat Couisnitteis, by Captain .7. R. Ward,
, K. N., the Inspector of Lifeboat. to the Institution.
He h;i. been in it. server during the peat IS years,
is an oSoar of no ordinary intelligence and activity,
and has bad eztansies opportunities to see and
',MUNI every lifeboat station on the mist of the
United Kingdom. H. was yesterday at Redoes., on
the mast of Yorkshire, and, ben pressingly needed
for this purpose of visiting immediately other perm
of the °oast, he was with me early this morning.
Captain Ward's answer. to Commander Neersehain's
remarks are as follow 1. The old lifeboat-bolus
alluded to be Commander Newest's= had to be
discarded, a. it was only • lower apartment ander •
loft or star.; it was merely rented by the loathe.
tion, and was ton low and too small to receive the
new lifeboat and °amigo presented by our Maw
abetter breech. 2. The only site that could be '
obtained by the Inset:atom for the new boathouse
was the ewe @cleated by me. It has quite as malty
advantages se the site of the old house, and it was
only the coincidence of an extraordinarily high tide,
end heavy gale with the occurrence of the disorient,
at the highest time of the tide, • hen • few t &role of
road from der boathouse to the harboor were for •
short eine impainebia, that rendered the lifeboat
unavailable. It may be many years before sech •
swim:edemas again nocers, if it ever does, but steps
will be immediately take, to occurs the free passage
of the boat to the harbour in the event of its doing
so." Richard Le•is, Seeretary to the Royal
National lifeboat InstitattOo, 14, John-street,
Adelphi, January 10,