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Teasel

NOVEMBER 15TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.

At 1.19 in the afternoon the St. Ives coastguard telephoned that a motor vessel was making for St. Ives Bay and required a pilot. A strong north wind was blowing, with a heavy sea, and the tide waslow. The motor life-boat Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine was launched at 1.45, with a pilot on board, and, six miles in a northerly direction from St. Ives Head, found the motor vessel Teasel, of Cardiff, at anchor. She was bound, laden, for Cardiff from Truro. Her engine was giving trouble and her master would not risk running for St. Ives. The pilot went on board her and the life-boat stood by. During the afternoon H.M. Corvette Cambridgeshire arrived, and the life-boat took a towline from her to the Teasel, but the Teasel lost her end and it was with difficulty that the line was again passed. The corvette took the strain, and the pilot returned to the life-boat, which arrived back at her station at 7.30 that evening. The Teasel was able to go on her way the following day. - Rewards, £35 6s. 6d..