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	Penlee lifeboat disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lifeboat from Sennen Cove tried to search and rescue, but it proved impossible for her to round the corner of Gwennap Head, to the west of the wreck and south of Lands End.
		The search for survivors was extensive, from ashore and from the lifeboats of St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly and The Lizard, and with the helicopters from RNAS Culdrose.
		The disaster prompted a massive public appeal for the benefit of the village of Mousehole, home of the crew and where the lifeboat was based.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penlee_lifeboat_disaster (617 words)

	Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The lifeboat, on her maiden rescue, rowed for a mile and a half through the River Ribble, and then rowed to the Mexico, rescuing all twelve members of the barque's crew.
		All that is known is that at quarter past eleven the next morning the life–boat was found ashore, bottom up, with three dead bodies hanging on the thwarts with their heads downwards.
		The disaster was the worst in the history of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, with 28 lifeboat crew lost.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southport_and_St_Anne's_lifeboats_disaster (371 words)

	Mersey Reporter - Merseyside History of Southport Lifeboat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		SOUTHPORT Lifeboats, have been serving the community and the coastline for a long time now, with a short period of not existing, in the early 20th century.
		The lifeboat service was put into action due to the amount of traffic just of the coast of Southport, heading to and from Liverpool, as well as the fishermen that made their living here.
		Originally the lifeboat men used their own boats and ships to rescue people, and being that most of the service men were fishermen, they were inherently the best at their job, knowing all the local channels and currents.
	www.merseyreporter.com /history/history-sub-folder/southport/lifeboat (678 words)

	Southport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In 1886 the Southport boat was launched together with the Lytham and St Annes lifeboats to go to the aid of the barque "Mexico", of Hamburg, which was in distress of Southport coats.
		When the Southport boat reached the casualty she prepared to drop her anchor and as this was being done she was struck by a large wave and capsized.
		The Southport Offshore Rescue Trust was set up and in 1989 the new inshore lifeboat was fully operational, the boat and launching tractor being kept in the old 1887 RNLI boathouse.
	www.btinternet.com /~m.fish/closedstations/southport.htm (443 words)

	Lifeboat disasters - loss of the Southport and St.Anne's boat with 28 lives in 1886.
		The Southport lifeboat, Eliza Fernley, was launched about 11 o'clock, and manned by a crew of 16 hands, pulled gallantly through the raging sea in the direction of the wreck, which could be plainly seen by the lights of her signals.
		Subsequently it became known that a second lifeboat and her crew were lost in the heroic atempt to relieve the same vessel.
		Yesterday, the inquest was opened at Southport, and was attended by the local agents of the National Lifeboat Institution and a special representative from the London office.
	www.mightyseas.co.uk /articles/lifeboat_disasters.htm (1198 words)

	Friend to all Nations
		Work on the Lifeboat Station had previously been underway, with the intended construction of a much needed slipway incomplete, during the storm blocks weighing 10 tons were lifted out of their positions and ‘thrown about like pebbles’.
		The four men who survived the disaster were: John Gilbert, Robert Ladd, Henry John Brockman and Joe Epps, the veteran who had also survived the occasion of the 1866 capsize of the previous Margate Surfboat, and who lived on to the age of 93.
		As news of the disaster of the wreck filtered through to the press, interest in the story drew National support and subsequent publicity at the plight of the Margate boatmen’s families provided some ten thousand pounds that was raised in their name.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/friend_to_all_nations.html (1926 words)

	Southport and St Anne's lifeboats disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A lifeboat was launched from Southport in response to distress signals from the Mexico.
		Two hours later, she was found approximately three miles from Southport.
		Additionally, a third lifeboat, from Lytham reached the Mexico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southport_Lifeboat (371 words)

	Mersey Reporter - Merseyside History Section 1870AD - 1899AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Mexico disaster, where all but 2 of Southport's lifeboat crew and all the men on St Anne's boat died.
		The Liverpool Porcupine writes that Southport is the richest town in the world in proportion to it's population with more than half the householders being independent with a high proportion of them living on income from their capital, and most of them being female.
		Population in Southport is 32,191 and in Birkdale its 12,387.
	www.merseyreporter.com /history/1899.shtml (1006 words)

	Mead Library History of the Phoenix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Word of the disaster had spread through the tiny village, and hundreds of people lined the shore and the big wooden dock as the Delaware approached with her tow.
		It was the intention of Captain Tuttle to dock the Phoenix at the far lake-end of the pier which was unfinished and consisted only of rows of pilings, but the Phoenix was in a capricious mood and had not yet claimed her last victim.
		The day following the disaster, fl rumors circulated that crew members, following their visit to Manitowoc, boarded the vessel drunk and were so intoxicated that they were unable to perform their duties properly which caused the fire.
	www.sheboygan.lib.wi.us /pages/phoenix.html (6108 words)

	Southport Lifeboat
		The Southport Lifeboat had been launched in response to distress signals and having reached the barque, but before the anchor could be dropped the Lifeboat was struck by a heavy sea and capsized.
		A third Lifeboat, this time from nearby Lytham, on its ‘maiden rescue’ was successful in reaching the ‘Mexico’, but not before the barque had settled on it’s beam ends, whereupon the crew had lashed themselves to the rigging.
		Yet throughout the entire history of the Lifeboat service never has their been such a catastrophe as that, in which 27 men of the Lifeboat crew’s lost their lives in one night.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/so/southport_lifeboat.html (457 words)

	Lytham St Annes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A new lifeboat house was built in 1863 and this was used to house the lifeboats up to 1931 when the lifeboats were placed on a mooring in the river Ribble, the lifeboat house being used to store boarding boats and equipment up to 1960.
		The worst disaster in lifeboat history happened when on the 9th December 1886 the Lytham, St Annes and Southport lifeboats were launched to the aid of the "Mexico" of Hamburg, which was in distress off Southport.
		After the disaster a second larger lifeboat was sent to St Annes, this boat was kept afloat at the end of the pier at St Annes, a boarding boat being used to board the lifeboat.
	www.btinternet.com /~m.fish/stations/lytham.htm (714 words)

	Newsletter - August 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The crew of the Southport Lifeboat were paged by Liverpool Coastguard along with 3 other lifeboat from New Brighton, Rhyl, Hoylake and a RAF Sea-king rescue helicopter from RAF Valley on Anglesey to search for 2 divers missing 18 miles off Southport's coast.
		The Southport Offshore Rescue Trust, is to hold its Annual general meeting at the lifeboat house, Thursday the 9th of September, starting at 8pm.
		Anything printable with reference to the Southport Lifeboat, past or present, old pictures of life on or about the sea, readers comments, good or bad about the newsletter or the boat, also any old newspaper cutting regarding the boat or rescues the boat has been involved in.
	www.southport-lifeboat.co.uk /newsletters/newsletter_aug_99.htm (1754 words)

	Lifeboat disasters - furhter details, including coroner's inquest and funeral details.
		The sad disasters on the Lancashire seabord have evoked widespread sympathy.
		Peter Jackson recognised Thomas Jackson, fisherman, Southport, 27, and Timothy Rigby, who was a fisherman, 28 years of age, Southport, and the son of the first witness.
		The preceding serious lifeboat disaster on the Lancashire seaboard occurred in October, 1852, when a lifeboat capsized at Lytham during practice and eight men were drowned.
	www.mightyseas.co.uk /articles/lifeboat_disasters_2.htm (661 words)

	Royal National Lifeboat Institution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The RNLI operates 5 classes of inshore lifeboats, both inflatable boats and RIBs, of 20-40 knots (37-74 km/h), and 6 classes of all-weather motor life boats with maximum speeds of 16-25 knots (30-46 km/h).
		The crews of the lifeboats are almost entirely volunteers, the 4600 sea-going crew members, including over 300 women are alerted by pagers backed up by maroons and attend the lifeboat station when alerted.
		Inshore lifeboats - Smaller boats that operate closer to the shore than all weather boats and are able to operate in shallower waters and closer to cliffs.
	toshare.dynup.net /en/RNLI.htm (540 words)

	Official Inquiry report into the loss of the Southport and St.Anne's lifeboats in 1886.
		The narrative of the coxswain of the lifeboat Charles Biggs is then given, and a summary of the evidence regarding the voyage of the Southport boat, Eliza Fearnley, follows:- "The evidence is somewhat conflicting as to the number of men who were under the boat when she capsized.
		if these two red lights were distress signals from the lifeboat she had probably met with some casualty in that position, but as none of her crew have survived, any opinion as to the cause of the disaster must be purely hypothetical.
		The lifeboat was found on the beach bottom up, and three bodies were found hanging on the thwarts with their heads downwards.
	www.mightyseas.co.uk /articles/inquiry_report.htm (1102 words)

	Newsletter - Winter 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Trustee of Southport lifeboat Ronnie Fearn told me that it always brings back memories of his great grandfather who died attempting to save the crew of the stricken vessel, the Mexico.
		The crew of Southport Lifeboat was paged recently by Liverpool Coastguard to assist in the evacuation of 3 crew from the cable-laying vessel of Southport's coast.
		The current lifeboat was being rebuilt and off station at the time so the crew readied the standby boat.
	www.southport-lifeboat.co.uk /newsletters/newsletter_winter_99.htm (1665 words)

	Port Cities: - The 1886 Mexico disaster
		It was a long cold night for the surviving crew of the Southport lifeboat, one of the lifeboats which had responded to a distress call from the ship Mexico which was in trouble off Southport on 9 December 1886.
		Because of the bad weather the Southport lifeboat had been turned over and some of the crew held on to the outside of the upturned boat.
		By late morning the bodies of some of the crew of the St Anne’s lifeboat, Laura Janet, which had also responded to the distress call, began to turn up and it was realised that two lifeboats had been lost.
	www.mersey-gateway.org /server.php?show=ConNarrative.23&chapterId=105 (236 words)

	Christian Science Monitor (1912) WOMAN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC TELLS OF THE LAST HOURS OF SHIP - 19 April 1912
		NEW YORK--"Well, thank goodness, Nathalie, we are going to see our iceberg at last." That--that single, foolish little sentence--was the one thing of all others that I said to my cousin as the great, beautiful Titanic was shivering beneath her blow.
		And those that were in the lifeboats which were close to the vessel say that the orchestra played till the very last and that the men went down into the sea singing "Nearer My God to Thee." In the lifeboats it was terrible.
		The lifeboat was bobbing up and down on the waves and it was pretty hard to stand up in it long enough to climb out to the seat, but you can wager we all did it.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /item/1209 (993 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This boathouse was used to house the lifeboat until 1931 when a motor lifeboat arrived at the station and was placed on an afloat mooring in the River Ribble.
		It was from this boathouse that the Lytham lifeboat "Charles Biggs" launched to go to the aid of the German barque the "Mexico" along with the Southport and St Annes lifeboats.
		The Lytham lifeboat succeeded in rescuing the crew of the Mexcio but the St Annes and Southport lifeboats both capsized and 27 men lost their lives.
	www.btinternet.com /~m.fish/museum1.htm (317 words)

	History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine
		The victims of this disaster were all citizens of Michigan.
		A Most Deplorable Disaster - The schooner South America, Captain Brady, left Buffalo, November 4 with a cargo of salt for Toledo, and was never heard of afterwards.
		The propeller Delaware arrived at the scene of disaster about two hours after the fire was discovered, and rendered all the assistance in her power to rescue those in the water.
	www.linkstothepast.com /marine/chapt36.html (11630 words)

	Local Charity Organisations
		Based at Yellowhouse Lane in Southport, the project has created a network of community and voluntary groups in Southport and Formby.
		Through five accessible UK Centres, including one in Southport, Vitalise is able to provide over 6,000 breaks annually, offering choice, flexibility, and an enjoyable environment in which to take a well-earned rest.
		The team, all of whom are from Southport, will be walking along the Great Wall of China in October.
	www.southport.gb.com /charities/charityorg.shtml (523 words)

	GENfair - North Meols Family History Society
		This book details the little-known history of all the aspects of Southports fishing industry, but it is principally the tale of the local fishermen and their communities.
		This is the story of the "Mexico" disaster, and the men of the Southport, St. Annes and Lytham lifeboats.
		This is the story of how Ainsdale developed from being a sparsely populated agricultural hamlet, with a population of only 176 in 1851, to becoming a thriving suburb with a population of over 16,000.
	www.genfair.com /shop/pages/nme/page07.html (533 words)

	Port Cities: - The 1886 Mexico disaster
		This lifeboat vanished into the darkness and none of her crew were seen alive again.
		The Southport lifeboat, Eliza Fernley was the last to enter the water at about 11.15 p.m.
		Her crew had been carted down the Southport beach and had launched the lifeboat opposite the Mexico. The Eliza Fernley struggled to reach the ship and disaster struck just as the lifeboat was drawing near.
	www.mersey-gateway.org /server.php?show=ConNarrative.23&chapterId=104 (176 words)

	RNLI LYTHAM ST ANNES STATION
		The Inshore Lifeboat was called out and once the yacht had settled and an anchor laid, brought her crew (3 males & 2 females) to the Boathouse.
		On Saturday 30th July 2001 whilst on excercise, Lytham Lifeboat was called to give assistance to the 24' yacht "Sparky" which had decided to abandon it's voyage to Anglesey from Hesketh Bank due to the severe sea-sickness of three members of the 4 man crew.
		Lytham Lifeboat museum tells the story of the disaster in particular, and the Station in general, with a special feature this year for the 150th Anniversary of the Station.
	www.legendol.freeserve.co.uk /lythrnli.html (1404 words)

	Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: Defining an artifact- Opinions on Selling
		We had a section of Titanic's lifeboat rope donated by a custom's inspector on the pier when Carpathia dropped the T's boats- lots of folks were scavenging the boats for bits and souvenirs.
		While I had the rope at a textile school for conservation, bits did fall off but were gathered and kept-and were not sold.
		It has been displayed in the open in at least 3 venues I have seen over the past years since 1976- The Philadelphia Maritime Museum until that venue was terminated, Southport CT., Fall River for a time- and currently I am not sure -but I remember thinking it should be in a case and untouchable.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=5675&post=9446 (1657 words)

	Royal National Lifeboat Institution . Republic of Ireland . George Cross . United Kingdom . 1824 . 1941 . 1854
		s, Lytham and Southport lifeboats go to the assistance of a German barque, the Mexico in trouble in heavy seas.
		The St Anne s and Southport boats are lost with 27 lifeboatmen.
		1899 - In one of the RNLI s most legendary feats, the Lynmouth lifeboat Louisa is hauled overland for over 10 hours to Porlock go to the aid of a ship.
	www.uk.kunsimuna.net /Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution_UK_539355_hp (397 words)

	US Army Transport General Lyon
		The Lyon left Smithville (now Southport) down river from Wilmington on the morning of March 29th for her trip north.
		One lifeboat carrying the Captain smashed into the propellor of the Sedgwick and sank.
		The disaster was never investigated and received little print in the press.
	members.aol.com /kc8a3/myhomepage/survivor.html (437 words)

	Loss of the Ellan Vannin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Soon after the disaster the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board demolished the wreck using explosives as it was causing a hazard.
		A disaster fund was established to provide for the dependants of the deceased, to which the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company donated £1,000.
		In 1976 the disaster was brought to public attention again by a BBC documentary in which the Spinners folk group performed the song "Ellan Vannin" commemorating the disaster.
	www.angelfire.com /ab7/heritage/miscfeatures/EllanVannin/EllanVannin.htm (852 words)

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