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OCTOBER 14TH.. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. On the night of the 13th the Carne look-out post reported that it had heard a ship give three blasts on her whistle near Findale Perch, and thought she must have gone aground. The weather was calm, with a smooth sea, but there were occasional squalls and showers of rain which made observation difficult. The life-boat station asked the look-out post to send a man of the coastal life service to investigate, and later the look-out post reported that the ship had passed towards Greenore Point and, later still, that a ship had arrived about a quarter of a mile off the pier and was blowing her whistle continuously. Morse signals were made to her asking what was the matter and if the life-boat was wanted, but no reply was received. and at 12.40 in the morning of the 14th the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched. She found the steam trawler Solan, of Hull. The trawler had gone aground and had refloated, but she was leaking badly. The life-boat put her second-coxswain on board to act as pilot, and, with the life-boat escorting her, the trawler came to the pier and berthed. - Partly paid permanent crew. Rewards, £4 13s..