Report on the famous Penzance lifeboat Richard Lewis
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.384
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Description: Article in The Cornishman newspaper about the famous Penzance lifeboat Richard Lewis with account of its service. The article includes a picture of the Richard Lewis lifeboat landing a shipwrecked crew at Penzance from an 1867 article in the Illustrated London News. On 7 January 1867 the Richard Lewis went to the aid of the John Grey of Glasgow, wrecked at Long Rock. Two nights previously, on 5 January 1867, it had gone to the aid of three other vessels - the 'Salome', 'Selina Ann' and 'Heiress'. Samuel Higgs, French Vice Consul at Penzance attended all three rescues and was subsequently awarded the second clasp medal of the RNLI for the rescue of the 'North Britain' of Southampton on 6 December 1868. See PEZPH : 1989.20 and 21.
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Date: 7.12.1961
Person: The Cornishman
Category: Social History
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