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May Lily

Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 11.55 on the morning of the 15th of January, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from Flamborough that the fishing boat May Lily, of Scarborough, with a crew of four, was in distress five miles off Scarborough Castle. At 12.10 the life-boat E.C.J.R. was launched in a rough sea, with a strong westerly gale blowing. She found the May Lily five miles east-south-east of Castle Hill. The fishing boat was sinking, but the life-boat rescued the crew and returned to her station, arriving at two o'clock.—Rewards, £13 3s..