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Bolham and the Examination Vessel St. Silio

NOVEMBER 2ND. - NEW BRIGHTON. CHESHIRE. At 3.30 P.M. a message was received that a vessel near the wreck of the Pegu, on the revetment, needed help. A S.W. gale was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 3.59 P.M. the No. 1 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston was launched, but returned at 4.10 P.M. having received a message that the crew of the vessel Bolham, of Connahs Quay, had already been taken off by the examination vessel St. Silio. At the request of the Dock Board Authorities she put out to the St. Silio and brought off the shipwrecked crew, four in number, and landed them at New Brighton Stage. She returned to her station at 4.50 P.M. - Rewards, £7 12s. 6d.