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Lochgoil

OCT. 6TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 6 P.M. the coastguard informed the life-boat station that the motor vessel Lochgoil, of London, had been sunk by enemy action five miles S. by W. of the Scarweather Lightship. She was a steamer of 10,000 tons with sixty-four crew and passengers on board, and was bound from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Vancouver A slight breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 6.10 P.M. the reserve motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot, on temporary duty at the station, was launched, and found that the crew of the Lochgoil had already been taken off by the S.S. Philip M. The life-boat stood by this steamer and piloted her to MumblesRoads, where she landed forty-five of the rescued people, of whom twenty were injured. The Shipwrecked Mariner's Society, the Red Cross and the St. John Ambulance Brigade had already been informed, and when the survivors were landed they at once received medical attention, and accommodation was found for them. The life-boat returned to her station at 11.5 P.M. - Rewards, £14 17s. The Royal Mail Line, owners of the Lochgoil, gave £25 to the Mumbles branch.