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Dover, Kent. On the evening of the 28th of June, 1958, the police reported that two boys had been cut off by the tide between South Foreland and St.

Margaret's Bay. At 8.55 the life-boat Southern Africa put out, taking a small dinghy with her. There was a heavy ground swell, with a gentle westerly wind blowing and a flood tide. The life-boat reached the position, and the bowman rowed the dinghy ashore, picked the boys up, and transferred them to the life-boat. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 10.10. Rewards to the crew, etc., £8.5s..