CHILD WAS ILL At 4 p.m. on i6th April, 1964, the nurse on the Inisheer Island told the acting honorary secretary that a child suffering from appendicitis needed to be taken to the mainland for hospital treatment. As no other boat was available the assistant honorary secretary agreed to the use of the life-boat. There was a light easterly breeze with a smooth sea, and it was three hours before high water. The lifeboat Mabel Marion Thompson left at 4.45.

The patient was embarked and conveyed to Rossaveel where he was taken to hospital by ambulance. The life-boat arrived back at the station at 9.15..