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L.I. 47

^ Selsey, Sussex.—At about 8.25 A.M.

on the 8th of April the coastguard reported that the fishing boat L.I.47 had capsized about two miles W.S.

W. of Selsey Bill, and that another fishing boat was near - by. A squally W.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a slight swell, and visibility was very poor, owing to fog banks and rain squalls. The motor lifeboat Canadian Pacific was launched at 8.40 A.M. and found that the two men who had been thrown into the sea from the capsized boat had been rescued by the other fishing boat. One of the men was ex-Coxswain Frederick Barnes, of the Selsey life-boat, aged 67, and the other was 80 years old. The life-boat towed the boat with rescuers and rescued back to Selsey, and then went out again and towed in [he capsized boat. She arrived back at her station at 10.30 A.M. — Rewards, life-boat £5 17s. 6d., shoreboat £2, and 2s. 6d.

for fuel used..