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The S.S. Kingsborough

NOVEMBER 21ST. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 9.6 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard station at the Needles that a steamer was sinking off the station. A moderate W.S.W. wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. At 9.30 A.M.

he motor life-boat S.G.E. was launched and found the S.S. Kingsborough, of Glasgow, stranded on the Shingles Bank. The life-boat rescued the twenty-seven men on board, and returned to her station at 11.30 A.M. The Kingsborough was refloated later and towed into port. - Rewards, £5 1s..