Duck, of Union Hall, Skibbereen
MAY 16TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK.
At 8.43 at night it was reported from Glandore that the fishing boat Duck, of Union Hall, Skibbereen, which had put out from Glandore, had not returned from fishing off Galley Head. A moderate north-east gale was blowing, with a rough sea. Enquiries were made along the coast, but nothing could be learnt of the Duck, and at nine o’clock the motor life-boat Shamrock was launched.
She found the missing boat eight miles to the south-west of Baltimore harbour, with her engine broken down. She was leaking badly.
Her crew of five were exhausted and she had lost all her fishing tackle. The life-boat towed her into Baltimore, arriving five minutes after midnight. - Rewards, £11 16s..