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FEBRUARY 5TH. - GALWAY BAY. At 6.50 P.M. information was received that a man had been cut off by the tide on a rock half a mile from the boat house, and was in great danger. A S.W. gale was blowing with a rough sea, and the tide was rising. It was considered that the boarding boat to the motor life-boat K.E.C.F. would be more suitable at this rocky spot than the life-boat herself, and she left at 7 P.M. with the crew of eight on board. When she reached the rock the man was already waist deep in water and at any moment might have been swept away. He was rescued and brought ashore at 8.15 P.M. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..