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Ramsgate, Kent.—At 9.44 on the morn- ing of the 27th of July, 1954. a message was received from the East Pier that amotor yacht was burning red flares off Quern Buoy in the Ramsgate channel. At 9.52 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out. The sea was slight, a moderate west-south-west wind was blowing, and it was high water. The life-boat found the motor yacht Venturous, with a crew of three, with her engines broken down. A life-boatman boarded her and the life-boat towed her to Ramsgate harbour, reaching her station again at 10.4.—Property Salvage Case; Rewards. 12s. fid..