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125th Anniversary of the
Eliza Adams Lifeboat Disaster
Saturday 29 October 2005
Members of the public are invited to watch the launch of the Wells Lifeboats and to attend the memorial
service at the Lifeboat Memorial near the quay. For reasons of space, we are limited in the numbers that can attend the
evening re-enactment of the inquest into the disaster so this part of the day is by invitation only.
| 14:00 | Welcome descendants at The Crown Hotel |
| 15:00 | Depart from The Crown Hotel to the Lifeboat House |
| 15:30 | Firing of two maroons
Launch of Wells Lifeboats |
| 15:45 | Arrive at the position of capsize for the service at sea
and the laying of roses
Firing of two white illuminating flares |
| 16:00 | Flypast at Sea and Wells Boathouse by Sea King helicopter |
| 16:30 | Arrive at Wells quayside |
| 16:35 | Service at the Lifeboat Memorial on Beach Road |
| 17:00 | Wells Lifeboats depart for recovery at the Lifeboat House |
| 17:30 | Lifeboats re-house and re-fuel |
| 18:00 | Muster for the re-enactment of the inquest of 1880 at The Crown Hotel |
| 18:15 | Re-enactment of inquest |
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