HORSES IN WATER The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At ip.m.on i8thOctober, 1964, the coxswain of the life-boat was told that two horses had entered the sea at Southend, The Mumbles, and were swimming away from land. Several local boats tried to head the horses towards the shore but failed. At 2.45 the life-boat William Gammon, Manchester and District XXX, with an R.S.P.C.A. inspector on board, was launched into a smooth sea and a light south-easterly breeze. It was one hour before high water. At 3.45 one horse was found still swimming, but the animal died before it could be taken aboard the life-boat. The second horse was not found. At 4.30 the life-boat returned to her station..