button to main menu  Gents Mag 1862 part 2 p.763
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Gentleman's Magazine 1862 part 2 p.763
[dia]grams is enough to convince the most sceptical of the extreme value of the cautionary signals employed by the Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade. From another paper we learn that there were no less than 1,494 shipwrecks on the British shores in the course of the year 1861, with the loss of 884 lives, but during the same time 4,624 were rescued from the most imminent peril, and a considerable proportion of those owed their deliverance to the truly benevolent Society which keeps up 123 life-boats in readiness at any moment for active srvice, and also liberally recompenses the crews of any other craft that may co-operate in its works of mercy. It has, since its formation in 1824, saved 12,680 lives, laid out L64,000 in life-boats, &c. distibuted 84 gold and 713 silver medals, and paid L16,000 in rewards. If these simple facts are not enough to ansure such a degree of public support as shall give permanency to the institution, we really do not know what will suffice.
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