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The Bell Buoy

BALLYWALTER, Co. DOWN.— On the evening of the 4th April, 1881, information was brought from the Coastguard Station that the Bell Buoy, a vessel which is placed about two miles off the shore to warn vessels off the Stullmartin Reef, had broken adrift. As there was a strong wind at the time, with considerable sea, precluding the use of any ordinary boat, the Ballywalter Life-boat was launched, and with great difficulty got the craft into the harbour..