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Ivy

JULY 21ST. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. At 7.10 P.M. the life-boat coxswain was told by the coastguard that the small outboard motor fishing boat Ivy, with a crew of two, was making signals of distress. A fresh W.S.W.

wind was blowing, with a moderate sea.

The motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 7.40 P.M. and found the Ivy two miles N.E. of Filey Brigg. Her crew were exhausted.

A life-boatman jumped into the small boat and helped them into the lifeboat.

She took the Ivy in tow and returned to Filey, arriving at 8.45 P.M. - Rewards, £13 5s..