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Howth, Co. Dublin. At 6.45 on the evening of the 17th of May, 1958, the harbour master passed on to the honorary secretary a message that a boy had fallen over the cliffs half a mile north-east of the Bailey lighthouse. At 7.5 the life-boat C.D.E.C., on temporary duty at the station, put out, taking a punt with her. The weather was calm and the tide was flooding. When the life-boat reached the position the punt was used to bring the boy off the rocks to the life-boat. The life-boat then re- turned to the west pier, where an ambulance was waiting to take the boy to hospital. The life-boat reached her moorings at eight o'clock. Rewards to the crew, £8 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1. 4s..