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A Speed Boat (1)

AUG. 14TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET. At 9.5 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a small speed-boat was showing distress signals off the Anvil Point Lighthouse. The weather was fine and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Thomas Markby was launched at 9.27 P.M., and found the speed-boat with one man on board. She took her in tow and arrived back at Swanage at 9.51 P.M. - Rewards, £11 4s..