Sharing: Teamwork! - Philip Stevens - August 1983

Philip Stevens

January 12, 1899, was a bleak day in Britain. Along the normally picturesque southwestern coast, huge, ugly waves pounded the tiny harbors. In Lynmouth, the 12-man lifeboat crew waited expectantly. With the seas so rough, the men knew their services would soon be required. That afternoon a telegraph message flashed from Porlock. A boat was in trouble in the bay, The Lynmouth lifeboat crew had to undertake a rescue mission. By this time, however, the seawall at Lynmouth was awash. The launching ramp was inaccessible. There was no way that the weighty lifeboat could be pushed into the advancing tide. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library