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Fort Moultre

The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 6.42 on the morning of the 25th of De- cember, 1952, the coastguard telephonedthat a message had been received from the tanker Fort Moultre, of New York, which was anchored in Swansea Bay, that she had a seriously injured man on board and asked for a boat to land him. No other boat was available, and at 6.57 the life-boat William Gammon—Manchester and District XXX was launched. There was a moderate sea with a moderate south- westerly wind, and the life-boat took the man to Swansea, where an ambu- lance was waiting, and reached her station again at 9.40.—Rewards, £12 6,9..