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Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—During the afternoon of the 6th of September, 1950, two men from a Shipbreaking Company were inspecting a wreck in Campbeltowii Loch. While they were aboard, a sudden gale sprang up from the south, with torrential rain. They tried to row back to the harbour, but were carried across the loch, and were in danger of being dashed ashore. The life-boat coxswain and motor mechanic saw their plight, and about four o'clock the life-boat Manchester and Salford, on temporary duty at the station, left her moorings in a very choppy sea. With a great deal of difficulty she rescued the men, and brought in their boat, reaching her station again at 5.10 that evening.-—Rewards, £2 5s..