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A Record of the BAGE Family History The House that Bage built Source;-'The Borough of South Shields' by George B HodgsonHC Name Index first published 1903. The Lifeboat - page 429 A paragraph in the Newcastle Courant for September (1789) refers to the progress then made with the building of the boat in Greathead's yard, and thus furnishes further proof of the inaccuracy of Sykes' statement. On September 14th the construction of a boathouse for her reception was begun. Like the present Life Brigade Station, it was designed so as also to afford shelter and accommodation for shipwrecked mariners, and had not long to wait the opportunity of its hospitality being tested. On September 30th two vessels, Wright's John and the Kinghorn sloop, were wrecked on the Herd Sand, and their crews found a comfortable refuge in the newly completed boathouse...............The Committee of the Coal Trade in Newcastle proved as good as their word in the matter of subscribing towards the construction of the boat, since they defrayed the whole cost. There is, under date December 19th, 1789, the following acknowledgment from the Lifeboat Committee- 'Received of the Committee of Trade of Newcastle, in consequence of the application of the shipowners, £159 15s' The actual cost of the construction is given as under (Ref; Surtees' Durham, ii 96n) - £ s d Mr. Wouldhave, for his model ..........................1 1 0 Mr. Greathead's Bills .......................................74 9 3 John Bage, House, etc. ..................................58 10 7 Advertisements .................................................1 11 6 12 cork jackets ................................................11 11 0 Getting boat to the House ..................................0 11 0 Ropes for straps and grumets ............................ 0 5 0 Expenses to Newcastle ....................................0 10 0 Rope to Mr. Green ............................................1 4 5 ---------------- Total ............. £149 13 9 ---------------- |
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