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Earl of Buchan

MARCH 27TH. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE.

At 9.10 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that a trawler was showing signals for medical aid. A light southerly wind was blowing with a rough sea. The motor lifeboat Frank and William Oates was launched at 9.20 A.M. and found the steam trawler Earl of Buchan about a mile east of Eyemouth.

A member of ,he crew was suffering from acute rupture. The life-boat brought him ashore at 9.50 A.M., and the trawler went on her way. - Rewards, £11 3s. 6d..