NINE RESCUED FROM IRISH STEAMER Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—At 1.25 in the afternoon of the 24th of May, 1947, a message was received from the master of the S.S. Dun Aengus, of Galway, that his ship had run aground at Inishmaan. He asked for immediate help. The motor life-boat K.E.C.F.

was launched at 1.45 in a strong south- easterly breeze and rough sea and found the steamer on the south side of Inishmaan. Her passengers had been taken ashore, but her crew of nine were still on board. The life-boat ran out an anchor and cable and made an un- successful attempt to tow the Dun Aengus clear. She then stood by, but at high tide the steamer filled with water and she rescued the crew. She took on board the twenty-one pas- sengers, and with them and the rescued men the life-boat returned to her station which she reached at 9.0 in the evening.

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