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Fishing Boats (2)

On the 26th March about forty-five of the boats were again overtaken by a gale and a very heavy sea, and the lighthouse keeper signalled for the Life-boat. Ten of the boats returned without shooting their lines; the others, which had shot their lines, would evidently incur considerable danger in crossing the bar, and accordingly the Life-boat Robert Henderson put off and attended each of the boats as they came in over the bar..