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— On the evening of the 12th October a message was received from a contractor that one of his men, who was working on the Bull Fort, in the River Humber, had been taken seriously ill, and that it was necessary to get him to Grimsby as soon as possible. The motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 6.45 P.M., took the man from the fort to Grimsby, where an ambulance was waiting, and returned to her station at 8 P.M. The contractor made a donation to the Institution, and another to the life-boat's crew.—Permanent crew; Rewards, 18s..