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

:ESTRVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

.„, Yesterday a meeting of the general committeeofthtfe
the
raYal National Institution for the Preservationj of L
itern Shipwreck was held at the offices, John-street,
..idelpla Captain Lambert Perrott in the cR.N. w
ilisro observed present—Captain Davies, y
Captain
kg,_ll. Hall, R.N. ; Mr. Edward Hurry, Captain
, major
Palmer '-'IIIY, R.N. ; Captain Ommanney, R.N. Captain
icr, Captain Washington, R.N. ; ll
.IA-1., inspector of life-boats to the institutiothen.
in. Ward,
ti 'r' Lewis, the secretary, having read
10
"'red to
A ""113ieresvious meeting, the following rewards were or- 1205
be granted :-
1.0
um obf 4/. 10s. to several men forh schooner
praise-s
Vorthy services to the crew of the :
tlzwric, of Guernsey, which was wreck
men ha
)3° off the Isle of Wight. The
eded in effect- 5
ayshinogr,t twimithe
. ennetts rocket apparatus,
ereW were, b hawser, hauled o .
Ing a communication with the succeeded
vessel,shore her St.
y means of a
ae
tithe count of the tremendous sea
were standing, 25 over the rocks on which the
mend
it seemed that _
their lives were placed in great peril, an
that was runnin atthe 17
had it not been for prompt and perseverinergishe
eZerY soul on board the vessel must have. exde,rtaiosnist
.ii
Ikeship's boat having been previously dashed
twhaa impossible for an ordinary boat to livepinsutcohpaieseeeas,. . 5
It
t 130 ship-
from tame to time for saving the lives of about Ito
the
appeared that this institution had granted rewards '
late
wrecked persons with the useful apparatus of Mr. Dennett.
The amount of 21. 10s. was also voted to five poor
Irish fishermen, who bad in the most creditable mannersaved two out of five persons from (a capsized fishing
boat in Cisortmascherry bay, on the coast of Cork. Th.e,
accident happened about half a mile from the shore, and, the sea running high at the time, three persons were un-
fortunately drowned before assistance could reach them.
New life-boats, on Mr. Peake's design, were ordered
to be built, and to be stationed at Dungeness, Kent,
coast
l‘ieweastle Dundrum bay, and Crandfield point, on the
of Down.
The life boat on the same plan, belonging to the insti-
tution at Cullercoats, Northumberland, was reported to
have saved, during the late
,tempestuous weather,
a number of poor fishermen, who whilst engaged
in Vieir hazardous occupation, ' were overtaken soon
after sunrise by a heavy gale from the N.N.E.
IVlany of them succeeded in reaching the shore before
the sea became so fearfully 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 had not
the life boat gone off to their rescue, the wind and sea
safety for them to run to.
-A. communication was read from the Lincolnshire Life-
boat Association, requesting the institution to accept
501., 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
efficient state, and to have saved about 100 lives of ship.
wrecked persons.
The proceedings then closed.