The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-05 00:00:00

IRE°L'RVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

Yesterday a meeting of the general committeeefofLthifee
'l°f Al National Institution for the Preservation
A-I.l7lo,l3Bhhiil3wcraepetkainwats
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%80 observed present--Captain Davies,
it," ' R. Hall, R.N. ; Mr. Edward Hurry, i
,CCaamppttaaajieinnr
~;-(Hardy, R.N. ; Captain Ommanney,
-r.u.altner, Captain Washington, R.N. ; CRaptain. Ward,
`'',l\i-, inspector of life-boats to the institution.
read the minutes of
ther previous 'meeting, the following rewards were or-
ed to be granted :
The suns of 4/. 10s. to several men for their praise-
Worthy services to the crew of thee esdchaoonsheerrtNtaivinae-
-11130, of Guernsey, which was wrecked k
The men having, with
*ll'° off the Isle of Wight.
effect-
. eunett's rocket apparatus, sutcrcaeneddeedd
111 g a communication with the
crew Were, by means of a hawser, shauled on vsihensosreeb. herOn
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the
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their lives were placed in great peril,
perished, as it
and it seemed that
had it not been for prompt and perseveering exertions
every soul on board the vessel must have
Ras
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hfoaiv•ziinngobrdeeinnarpyrebvoiaent to live
divaeshinedsutcehpaieseeeas,.
It appeared that this institution had granted e
i 3
rewards
from tune to time :or saving the lives of about
wins
persons with the useful apparatus f th shp
e late
Mr. Dennett.
The amount of 2/. 10s. was also voted to five poor
Irish fishermen, who had in the most creditable manner
saved two out of five persons from [a capsized fishing
boat in Courtmascherry
bay, on the coast of Cork. Tll
accident
happened about half a mile from the shore, and, the Ea running high at the time, three persons were un-
forturkately drowned before assistance could reach them.
New life-boats, on Mr. Peake's design, were ordered
to he built, and to be stationed at Dungeness, Kent,
I..ewcastle Dundrum bay, and Crandfield point, on the
coast of Down.
The life boat on the same plan, belonging to the insti-
havetution at Cullercoats, Northumberland, was reported to
saved, during the late tempestuous weather,
is number of poor fishermen, who whilst engaged
lu their hazardous occupation, were overtaken soon
after sunrise by a heavy galeachin g from the N.N.E.
sea became so fearful! Many of them succeeded i.i re the shore before
the y
high, which it afterwards
did, so as to prevent them entering the haven.
The life boat, having been sent to their assistance, suc-
ceeded in bringing ten boats over the bar, some of which
Would with their crews inevitably have been lost hadnot
the life boat gone off to their rescue, the wind and sea
hay.ng risen to such a height as to leave no place of
safety for them to run to.
A. communication was read from the Lincolnshire Life-
boat Association, requesting the institution to accept
0., in grateful acknowledgment of the original gift, in
1825, of their first life boat by the institution. The
boat, which istationed at Skegness, was said to be in an
ethcient state, and to have saved about 100 lives of ship.
wrecked persons.
The proceedings then closed.