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Walmer.Kent.—On the 6th of August, 1954, two boys walked round the cliff from St. Margaret's to Kingsdown, but were trapped by the tide at Kingsdown. They both tried to swim round the cliff, but one of them got into difficulties. His companion helped him to a small ledge on the cliff face and then swam for help and reached the Kingsdown range warden's house. The warden told the Deal coastguard, who passed on the news to the life-boat station at 4.15. Five minutes later the life-boat Charles Dibdin, Civil Service No. 2 was launched. The sea was moderate, a moderate south-south-west breeze was blowing, and it was high water. In the meantime a man swam out to the boy from Kingsdown, reached a ledge about fifteen yards away from him, and kept up his spirits until the life-boat arrived at five o'clock. The life-boathad called at Kingsdown for a rowing boat, and two life-boatmen manned this boat and at some risk rowed to the cliff through a broken sea and jagged rocks. The boy and man jumped into the boat. They were then transferred to the life-boat, which returned to her station, arriving at 5.35.—Rewards, £16 12*..