Clarion
A DANGER TO TRAFFIC Blackpool, Lancashire.—On the after- noon of June 5th, 1947, the life-boat coxswain and others had under observa- tion a boat which could be seen several miles to the south-west. There was no sign of life on board, but as, after dark, the boat, being in the steamboat route, would be a danger to traffic, it was decided to launch the motor life-boat Sarah Ann Austin. She was launched in a strong westerly wind with a rough sea at 3.30, but before she left it was learned that the boat was the fishing boat Clarion and that her crew of three had been landed at Fleetwood by a coaster. The life-boat towed the boat to Fleetwood, arriving back at her station at 1.40 the following morning.— Rewards, £19 1*. 6d..