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A Small Boat

Teignmouth, Devon.—At 3.25 P.M. on the 17th March the coastguard reported that a small boat, with one man on board, had been carried out of the harbour by the strong ebb tide, and was in difficulty. A strong S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The pulling and sailing life-boat Henry Finlay put out at 3.30 P.M. and found the boat about three miles S.E. of Teignmouth. The man was rescued, but his boat was smashed in the heavy seas, and had to be abandoned. The life-boat returned to her station at 5 P.M.—Rewards, £14 12s..