Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-03 00:00:00

SAVING LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK..

A meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution
was held on Thursday, at its house, John-street, Adelphi,
Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., in the chair.
The silver medal of the Institution was presented
respectively to R. Hook, R. Butcher, F. Smith, W.
Rose, J. Butcher, A. Mewse, T. Liffen, and N. Colby,
and £l9 to themselves and other men, for their general
gallant services in saving lives in the Lowestoft life-boat,
which is in connection with the National Life-boat In-
stitution, but particularly for rescuing the crew, con-
sisting of 14 men, of the steamer Shamrock, of Dublin,
which, during a heavy gale of wind, was wrecked on the
Holm Sand on the Ist ult. This was an unusually gallant
rescue, and had it not been for the timely arrival and ex-
traordinary exertions of the life-boat's crew, every one of
thesteamer's hands would in all probability have perished.
A reward of £9 10s. was also voted for the crew of the
same life-boat for their services in putting off in her
and rescuing the crew of five men of the schooner Lord
Douglas, of Dundee, which, during a heavy gale of
wind, parted from her anchors and drove on Corton
Beach on the morning of the 26th ult. Also a reward
l`of £9 10s. to the crew of the same life-boat, for subse-
quently saving, in the afternoon of the same day, the
crew of four men of the schooner Silva, of Glasgow,
which was also totally wrecked on Corton Beach during
the heavy gale of that day.
The silver medal of the institution was voted to Lieut.
The Hon. R. F. Boyle, R.N., Chief Officer of the Coast
Guard ; the second service clasp to Robert Parrott,
who had previously received the medal of the insti-
tution; and £8 ss. to the crew of the institution's life-
boat stationed at Tenby, for putting off and rescuing,
during a heavy gale of wind, the crew of three men of
the smack Bruce, of Milford.
A reward of £6 was likewise granted to the institu-
tion's life-boat stationed at Braunton, North Devon, in
acknowledgment of their valuable services in rescuing
the crew of six men of the brig North Esk, of Sunder-
land, which, during a very heavy gale of wind, was
wrecked on Braunton Sands, on the morning of the
2nd ult.
A reward of £ll was also granted to the crew of the
institution's life-boat at Castletown, Isle of Man, for
putting off and rescuing four of the crew of the Ohio,
of Stettin, which was wrecked during a gale of wind off
Castletown on the 19th ult.
A reward of £6 was likewise voted to the crew of the
Barmouth life-boat, far putting off to the assistance of
the ship Troy, of Boston, U.S., cotton laden, which dur-
ing the foggy weather was seen on shore, in a dangerous
position, in that neighbourhood. By the timely ser-
vices of the life-boat this valuable ship and cargo were
probably saved from destruction.

A reward of £6 10s. was also voted to the society's
life-boat at Berwick, for saving in a heavy sea the crew
of six men, of the brig New Astley, of Aberdeen, which
was wrecked, in a very high sea, off Spittle Point, on
the 9th ult.

Eighteen lives were also saved during the late heavy
gales, from four wrecks, by the institution's life-boats
stationed at Yarmouth, Winterton, and Whitburn.
Since the recent storms, the institution has paid £153
for services in its life-boats.

The silver medal of the institution and £1 was voted
to Mr. P. Smith, Coast Guard chief boatman, and £5 to
his crew, in acknowledgement of their gallant services
in wading into the surf, at the imminent peril of their
lives, and rescuing, by means of ropes, the master of the
Norwegian brig Caroline, which, during a terrific gale
of wind, was dashed to pieces on the night of the 26th
October. Three of the crew were subsequently washed
on shore on the stern part of the ship ; but three others
unhappily met with a watery grave.
The silver medal of the institution and £3 was also
voted to a fisherman named Charles Mitchell, and £l5
to eight other men, in acknowledgment of their gallant
conduct in rescuing four of the crew of the sloop Busy,
of Newquay, Cornwall, which during a hurricane was
wrecked off that port, on the night of the 26th October.
After repeated efforts in the middle of the night,
Mitchell managed to reach the sloop and to save her crew.
It is well known that a life-boat has been long wanted
at Newquay ; •the large landed proprietors—the Brunes,
the Rashleighs, and the Robartes—have generously
come forward in this good work, and it is to be hoped
that the rich duchy of Cornwall will contribute some-
thing towards providing its dangerous shores with life-
boats.
A reward of £5 was also voted to several men for
saving, by means of cliff ladders, the crew of three
men from the schooner Diligence, of Whitby, which was
wrecked off that port.
Various other honorary and pecuniary rewards,
amounting to £2OO were also granted to different parties
in testimony of their valuable, services in saving life
from shipwrecks during the recent heavy gales on the
coast.
A letter was read from the officer of the Coast Guard
at Nortll Berwick, and the clergyman of the manse,
stating the necessity of a life-boat at that place. A
wreck had recently occurred in the neighbourhood, when
the whole of her crew perished. They were of opinion
that the crew might all have been saved, had a life-boat
been on the station.
Miss Burdett Qentts, had, with her usual munificence
towards the life-boat cause, offered to pay the cost of
the life-boat which the institution is about to send to
Siloth, necieCarlisiej
The institution decided to station new life-boats at.
St. Andrews and Thurso, in Scotland ; and at Portrush,
in Ireland.
It was reported that the institution's life-beats had,'
during the recent storms, been instrumental; under 4510 d,
in rescuing 85 ; poor sailors from an appalling death by,•
shipwreck. The boats had also been :the means
of
saving thousands of pounds worth of property, by aiding
distressed vessels to,get off tfrom danOeue positions.
The :Liverpool bock, Trustees applited to the institu-
tion to order a life-boat, on Peake's Wan, to be built for
them.

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