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A Fishing Boat (1)

Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 28th of July, 1959, the honorary secretary was informed that a local fishing boat was overdue from the fishing grounds north of Arranmore. The life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake put out at 3.45 in a rough sea with a strong northerly wind blowing and a flood tide. She found the fishing boat with a crew of two sheltering in a creek. The boat had a faulty engine, and the life-boat escorted her to har- bour, reaching her station at 5.45.

Rewards to the crew, £7 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1..