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Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—At eight o'clock on the evening of the 14th of May, 1953, the life-boat honorary secretary saw the local yacht Rainbow with a crew of four, drifting across the north of the harbour. She had been dismasted and was in danger of being driven ashore at Blackrock. At 8.11 the life-boat Dunleary II was launched in a rough sea with a strong south- easterly breeze. She came up with the yacht a mile north of the West Pier and towed her to the harbour, reaching her station again at 8.40. The owner made a gift to the coxswain.—Rewards £6 10.?..