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Golden West

MAY 30TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At noon the coastguard reported that the naval authorities had asked for help for the motor fishing yawl Golden West, of Wick, which was on Admiralty service, with a crew of three, and had gone ashore on Spittal Point. A light westerly wind was blowing, with only a slight sea, and as the tide was then four hours’ flood it was decided not to send out the lifeboat until high tide, two hours later. At 2 P.M. the reserve motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. Some of the regular crew were not available, but a crew of five, including the honorary secretary, Captain D. L. Lowden, took her out. She found that the Golden West’s engine had broken down, and passed a rope on board. She had soon refloated the yawl and took her up river into dock, and then returned to her station, arriving at 3 P.M. - Rewards, £2 10s.