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Loss of a Bell

A BELL which was bought sixty-three years ago by the fish salesmen of Brixham fish market was used for many years as a speedy method of summoning the crew of the Torbay life-boat even before the maroons were fired. The bell was at one time in the possession of W. G. Sanders, who was coxswain of the Torbay lifeboat, and whose son is now the life-boat shore attendant. The bell was stolen in August of this year and has not yet been traced by the police..