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A Motor Boat (2)

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 5.28 on the afternoon of the 18th of July, 1957, the wife of the Chief Justice of Ireland telephoned the coxswain to say a small motor boat was on fire east of Carnsore Point. At 5.48 the life-boat Douglas Hyde put out in a heavy swell. There was a strong north-easterly breeze blowing and the tide was flooding. The life-boat reached the position and found the motor boat with a crew of two. The boat's engine had broken down and her crew had burnt some old clothing in a bucket to attract attention. The life-boat took her in tow to Carne pier and then returned to her moorings, arriving at 8.15.—Rewards to the crew, £6; rewards to the helper on shore, £l 4,?..