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BOY WAS TRAPPED At 8.50 p.m. on roth September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boy was trapped 60 feet up the cliffs near Heddons Mouth. It was high water with a smooth sea and a gentle westerly breeze. At 9.12 the life-boat Robert and Phemia Brown was launched, and, using her searchlight, located the boy. Unable to reach him from above, the rescuers were forced to wait for the tide to ebb. About 4 a.m. local policemen reached the boy and lowered him to the ground. The life-boat searchlight and loud hailer were in constant use during the rescue operation. The life-boat finally reached her station at 5 a.m..