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  • Two Coastguard cliff men was lowered to the casualty and along with the lifeboatmen prepared the man for airlift in atrocious conditions with heavy wind driven rain rebounding off the cliff.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • Two Coastguard cliff men was lowered to the casualty and along with the lifeboatmen prepared the man for airlift in atrocious conditions with heavy wind driven rain rebounding off the cliff.

    Man flown to hospital after falling from cliff path Thatsnews 2008

  • To them, by virtue of Mr. Gilmore's well-known book, the title of _Storm Warriors_ almost of right belongs, but I am well aware they will not deny their daring and generous rivals of Deal a share in that stirring appellation, and I know that their friends, the Deal boatmen, on their part gladly admit that the Ramsgate lifeboatmen are also among the 'Heroes of the Goodwin

    Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor

  • Nor had they any lines to throw, as their tackle and running gear were washed away, nor could they understand the hails of the lifeboatmen.

    Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor

  • They anchored, and veering out their cable drifted down to the wreck; then six of the lifeboatmen also sprang to the rigging of the heeling wreck, and the lifeboat sheered off for safety.

    Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor

  • But the rescues by the Deal lifeboatmen are done at the risk, and sometimes at the cost, of their health, their limbs and their lives.

    Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor

  • Not a winter passes without some ship or ocean steamer being thrown upon Hampton shore, and often, in spite of the gallantry and exertions of the lifeboatmen, whose stations stand at intervals of five miles, the crews never reach the land until flung up lifeless by the waves.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

  • At the helm, in dire anxiety, was Jarvist Arnold, and with him were in the lifeboat only seven of his crew, the remainder of them being entrapped on board the Sorrento, together with the Walmer lifeboatmen.

    Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor

  • Let us repeat that these hundreds of committees and local groups are not organized hierarchically, and are composed exclusively of volunteers, lifeboatmen, and people interested in the work.

    The Conquest of Bread Peter Kropotkin

  • She shone out vividly against the black background, but the lifeboatmen were horrified to see that, attracted by the lights of the Champion, she was heading straight for the terrible sea on the western jaw of the swatch, where she apparently thought she would find safe anchorage in company with other vessels.

    Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor

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