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Maggie

Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — At 7.30 on the night of the 15th of March, 1948, local pilots reported that the reflection of flares could be seen off Creadon Head and at eight o'clock, with Mr. A. Westcott Pitt, the honorary secretary, on board, the motor life-boat Duke of Connaugkt, on temporary duty at this station, was launched in a moderate south-westerly breeze, with a moderate sea. With the help of her searchlight she found the local fishing boat Maggie, with a crew of two, four miles to the north-east. She had been drifting for four hours with her engine broken down. The life-boat towed her in, arriving back at her station at 9.10.-—Rewards, £5..