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Phrontis

Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 4.45 on the afternoon of the 28th of July, 1954, the police reported that a member of the crew of the local steam trawler Phrontis. which had left for a fishing trip, was ill and that she was returning to Fleetwood. She was expected at the Wyre Light about six o'clock, but would be unable to enter the harbour because of the low tide. At 5.30 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched, with a doctor and an ambu- lance man on board. The sea was moderate, and a moderate breeze was blowing from the north-west. The life-boat came up with the Phrontis off the Wyre Light, but found the man had died. She landed his body at Fleet- wood at seven o'clock. The owners made a donation to the funds of the Institution.—Rewards, £7 9s..