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Margaret, of Skibbereen

SEPTEMBER 1ST. - COURTMACSHERRY, CO. CORK. At 10.20 at night a fisherman returned from trawling and reported that a lobster boat appeared to be in distress near How Strand, to the east of Courtmacsherry Bay. A whole north-west gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and the night was thick with rain. The motor life-boat Sarah Ward and William David Crosweller was launched at 11.20 and found the fishing boat Margaret, of Skibbereen, riding to her anchor in a very dangerous position. She had a crew of three. The life-boat towed her into port, arriving at 1.30 next morning. - Rewards, £10..