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SEPTEMBER 11TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 12.40 in the afternoon a boatman reported that two boys had gone out in a boat and been lost to sight. It was getting foggy, and anxiety was felt for their safety. A light southerly breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Jessie Lumb was launched at one o’clock and found the boat made fast to a steamer at anchor in St. Helen Roads. The boys had rowed out to see the ship, and had been allowed to go on board when the fog came down. With the boys on board and their boat in tow the lifeboat reached her station again at 2.30 that afternoon. The boys sent a letter of thanks and a donation. - Rewards, £4 0s. 6d..