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S.S. Castor

FEBRUARY 14TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. At 7 P.M. information was received from the Humber naval authorities that a Norwegian vessel, about six and a half miles from Spurn, had sent out an SOS as she was leaking badly. The weather wascold, with a light N.N.E. wind and a moderate sea. The motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 7.15 P.M., and found the S.S. Castor, of Bergen, with a crew of eighteen, ashore on the Haile Sands. She had been damaged by striking a wreck and the captain was afraid that water might reach the cargo, which contained carbide. The life-boat stood by until noon on the following day, returning to her station at 12.5 P.M. Later she went out again, but no further help was needed.- Paid permanent crew. Rewards, 18s.