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JUNE 18TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. During the morning a small boat with five boys on board was seen two miles N.N.E. from the life-boat station. A moderate S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The boat was kept under observation and at 1.25 P.M. the coastguard reported that the boys appeared to be exhausted. The No. 1 motor Life-boat H.F. Bailey was launched at 1.30 P.M. She took the five boys on board and with the boat in tow arrived back at her station at 2.15 P.M.-Rewards, £8 14s.