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Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 2.26 a.m. on i8th August, 1966, two girls, who had set out to walk from Sandown to Bembridge along the shore, were reported missing. There was a calm sea. It was just after high water. The life-boat Jesse Lumb launched at 3 o'clock and located the girls on the Bembridge side of the Nostril caves. The girls were taken on board the life-boat which took them to Bembridge. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 4.15..