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The S.S. Linwood

OCT. 12TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. - At about 11.10 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was believed to be in distress a mile S.E. of the station. The report was confirmed, and the No. 2 motor life-boat, Harriot Dixon, was launched by tractor at midnight. Rain was falling heavily, and a moderate N.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat found the S.S.

Linwood, of Middlesbrough, of 500 tons.

She was bound from Ipswich to Hartlepool, in ballast, with a crew of twelve. She had been in collision and had been beached to prevent her sinking. The life-boat took off her crew and arrived back at her station at 1 A.M. - Rewards. £29 12s..