Picture No | 10216975 |
Date | 1886 |
Description | Firing a Rocket to a Shipwreck 1886 |
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The launch of a rocket by the Volunteer Life Brigade, to try to get a line to a shipwreck. If the crew of the wrecked ship were able to reach the line and secure it, then the life brigade might be able to send a 'breeches-buoy' and rescue survivors.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 1886. dps 622-623. By J.R. Wells |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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