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Dawn Wind

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 6.45 P.M. on the 12th July the Cliff End coastguard reported that a disabled motor yacht was at anchor in the entrance to Christchurch harbour, and was in danger of drifting ashore. A moderate S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The weather was squally, with heavy rain. The motor life-boat Hearts of Oak put out at 6.57 P.M., andfound the motor yacht Dawn Wind, of Lymington, at anchor, with two men on board. She had been bound from Yarmouth to Poole, but her engine had broken down, and she was leaking badly. The life-boat towed her into Yarmouth harbour, and returned to her station at 11.10 P.M.—Property Salvage Case..