The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-01-01 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, JANUARY Ist, 1880.

- THE LIFEBOAT SERVICE IN 1880.
THE following is a list of the services rendered
to shipwrecked crews by the Lifeboats of the
National Lifeboat Institution daring the storms
*year which has just closed. Each rescue
s usual, been attended by the bravery and
perseverance which have invariably character-
i,ed the Lifeboat-men, awl, even in more than
One i !stance, by the sacridce of ti er ()An lives
in nobly trying to save the shipwresked crews :
—Brigantine Black Diamond, of Guernsey, 6
lives saved ; harque Shannon, of London, 4;
schooner John Wesley, of A berst wy th, 5 ; ketee
Louisa, of Bideford, 4; s.s. Anatoliqn, of Liver-
pool, 26 • smack Temperance ,`..'tar, of Redcar,
saved vessel and crew, 2 ; fishing boats James
and Atkins, of Liverpool, rendered assistance ;
barque Guiding Star, of Salcombe, 10 ; scbooner
Bessie Jones, of Fleetwood, 4 ; barque Pacific, of
Swansea, rendered assistance ; barque Matilda
Hilliard, of Yarmouth, N.S., 10 ; as. Anteott,
of West Hartlepool, assisted to save vessel ;
brigantine John and Mary, of Belfast, 5 ; barque
Pater, of Sundswall, 12; barque Corea, of Bos-
ton, assisted to save vessel and 14 ; barque
Orion, remained by vessel ; billiboy liiva/, of
Loudon, 5 ; brig Betty, of Tonsberg, assisted to
beach vessel and landed crew, 8; schooner
Pride of the Isles, of Bridport, 6•, schooner
Jonah, of Wexford, 6 ; brigantine Andover, of
Dublin, assisted to save vessel and 6 ; schooner
Browne, of Bridgwater, 7 : smack Harriette, of
Barnstaple, 2; smack Excel, of Grimsby, 4 ;
ketch Buguesclirt, of Newcastle, assisted to save
vessel and 4 ; smack Catherine, of Cardigan, 2 ;
barque Orient, of Liverpool, rendered assist-
ance; brigantine Osnabrick, of Papenburgh, 7 ;
scbooner Jane Smith, of Plymouth, 6; ketch
Forager, of Portsmouth, assisted to save vessel
; s.s. Mabel, of Hartlepool, remained by
vessel ; smack Delabole, of Fowey, 3 ; barque
Surinam, of Amsterdam, assisted to save vessel
and 10; ship Paul Boyton, of Yarmouth, N.S.,
27 ; s.s. Hankow, of London rendered assist-
ance ; schooner Bonne Adele, of Isigny, 5 ; brig
Frannaes, of Brevig, 8 ; brig Haman, of Pors-
grund, Norway, assisted to save vessel and 9 ;
Newbiggin fishing cobles, rendered assistance ;
schooner Eva, of Abo, Russia, 2 ; sloop Nimrod,
of Jersey, assisted to save vessel and 4 ; fishing
boat Ada, of Devonport, 2; schooner Magdalen
if'sther, of New Quay, 4 ; Whitby fishing cobles
Lady Morris, and 'Star of Peace, rendered as-
sistance ; ship Livingstone, of Yarmouth, N. 8.,
remained by vessel ; brigantine Fo ikestone, of
Folkestone, 7 ; schooner Foreuna, of Glitasby,
3 ; steamer Columbus, of Liverpool, rendered
assistance ; schooner City of Bangor, of Bangor,
4 ; brig Maty, of South Shie:ds, 7 ; sehoseer
Isabella, of 13eaumaris, assisted to save vessel
and 4 ; a fishing smack off Southend, rendered
assistance ; schooner Black-eyed Susan, of Bide-
ford, 5 ; brig Jeune Adolphe, of Nantes, 8; sh:p
Colombo, of Greenock, assisted to save vessel
and 26 ; yawl Wave, of Goole, rendered assist-
ance ; sloop J. Prizenian, of Plymouth, 5 ;
Dutch Galliot Herbruder, 3 ; a coble of Whitby,
1 ; schooner Reaper, of Douglas, 4; fishing
yawl Good Intent, of Staithes, 8 ; schooner John
Snell, of Great Yarmouth, 5 ; s.s. lied nose, of
Cardiff, rendered assistance ; fishing cobles Con-
tent, Sea Flower, and Non Pareil, of Cu;lercoats,
saved boats and crews, 11 ; barque Saga, of
Carlshamn, Sweden, assisted to save vessel ;
brig Messenger, of Salcumbe, 5 ; schooner Royal
Albert, of Maldon, 5 ; schooner Thetis, of
Pwllheli, rendered assistance; schooner Eliza-
beth Austin, of Rye, 5 ; schooner James, of
Nefyn, rendered assistance ; schooner hobert
Brown, of Warrenpoint, 2 ; schooner Jane
Hughes, of Caruarvon, remained by vessel ;
dandy Iron Duke, of London, assisted to save
vessel and 6; brig Sharon's nose, of Whitby, 7;
fishing boat Matchless, rendered assistance ,
brigantine Victorie, of Irvine, saved vessel and
5 ; schooner Queen of the Isles, of Carnarvon, 3 ;
brie, 114 liiant hill, of Dundalk, saved VOSSbi anu
5 (off Ramsey) ; Culiercoats fishing cobles, ren-
dered assistance ; Swedish brig Alice, 9 ; brig
Naiad, of NV hitt); , remained by vessel; steamer
hiudove, of Liverpool, 16 ; schooner Ada, of
Berauwaris, 4; Danish brig Julia, rendered
assistance ; brig Emanuel Boutcher, of Whitby,
7 ; Runswick fishing cobles, rendered assistance;
brig hazard, of Grit:oats& 9 ; steaw-tug Crusa-
der, of Sunderland, 8 ; s.s, Swan, of Liverpool,
assisted to save vessel ; schooner Pet, of Fal-
mouth, 5 ; schooner Catherine and Ellen, 6;
barque Freden, of Kragerue, Norway, 11 ; fish-
iugtooat Nautilus, of Ferryden, saved vessel and
6 ; Ferryden fishing boats, rendered assistance ;
schooner Jane Louisa, of Londonderry, assisted
to save vessel sad 5; barque Mertorci, of Lauvig,
Norway, rendered aasiatauee ; brig Tartar, of
Whitstable, 8; schooner Mono castle, of Mon.
rose, saved vessel and 5 ; barque John A. Harvie
of Windsor, N.S., 19 ; schooner Effigo, of Goole
assisted to save vessel and 7 ; fisning boat of
Dawiisb, saved boat and 4; schooner Caro me,
of Solway Virtb, 8 ; schooner Poseneath, of Hull,
rendered assistance ; schooner Phcenician, of
Isle of Man, 8; St. Andrew's fishing boats, reu
dered assistance; s.s. Madeline, of West Hartle-
pool, remained by vessel; Braes of Moray, uf
Peterhead, 5 ; a boat of Donaghadee, county
Down, saved boat and 3; schooner nearer, of
Banff, 6 ; schooner Seaward, of Glasgow, 4;
barque Haab, of Moss, Norway, rendered assist-
ance; Swedish brig Clio, 8; brig William Hill,
of Dundalk, 3 (off Ayr) ; and brig Warkworth
Castle, of Amble, 9. These Lifeboat rescues
show a total of 560 and 26 vessels saved from
destruction. In the same period the Lifeboat
institution granted rewards for saving 120 lives
by fishing and other boats, and other means,
making a total of 690 lives saved last year,
mainly through its instrumentality. Altogether,
since its formation the Society has contributed
to the saving of 27,596 shipwrecked persons. It
should be mentioned that the operations of the
National Lifeboat institution now cover the
whole coasts of the British Isles, and that all the
Lifeboats of the United Kingdom belong to it,
with the exception of a score or so of Lifeboats
which are under the charge of harbour trustees
and other local bodies. It will thus be seen
that an institution possessing so national a
character must necessarily need a very large
income to carry on its truly benevolent work
with the success which has hitherto character-
ised the operations of the National Lifeboat
Institution. We are therefore not assuming
too much in expressing a confident
hope that the British public will continue to
extend to it their sympathy and liberal support.
We will only add that contributions are received
for the Lifeboat Institution by all the London
and country bankers, and by the Scretary,
Richard Lewis, Esq., 14, John Street, Adelphi,
London.