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A Small Boat

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.— At 11.10 on the night of the 3rd of September, 1948, a message came from The Mumbles, through Burnham Radio, that a small boat, with two men on board, was drifting in distress toward the Mixen Shoal, off Mumbles Head, and the motor life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans -was •> launched at 11.45. : She searched for twelve hours in a strong, squally north-west wind with a rough sea, but found nothing, and returned to her station a quarter of an hour before noon the following day. — Re- wards, £26 5s..