Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1895 — An Old Lifeboat. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

An Old Lifeboat.

What Is asserted to be the oldest lifeboat in existence Is preserved at South Shields as a valued relic. It was built In 1830 and during more than fifty years of active service was Instrumental In saving 1,028 persons.