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The S.S. Cedric

During a strong northerly gale on the 30th I January, the s.s. Cedric, of Landskrona, brought up in South wold Bay, and next morning signalled that she wanted a doctor, or a boat to land a man who had met with an accident. There being ! too much sea on the beach, and the I weather being too bad to launch a shore , boat, the Life-boat Rescue was launched and took a doctor to the steamer. On getting alongside, it was found that the man—a Russian Finn—who had crushed his hand very badly, was injured too severely to be treated on board. He was therefore brought ashore in the Life-boat and taken to the hospital..