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Kutter

Humber, Yorkshire.—At 4.45 in the morning, on the 6th of July, 1950, the Spurn Point coastguard telephoned a report from the Bull lightvessel that she had an inju ed man needing help.

At 5.5 the life-boat City of Bradford 11 was launched in a smooth sea with a light north-north-west breeze blowing.

She found the man, who had hurt his foot badly, aboard the motor fishing vessel Kutter, of Denmark, lying along- side the lightvessel, and took him toGrimsby. Later on she put the Danish skipper aboard his vessel, and arrived back at her station at 9.40.—Paid Per- manent Crew..