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A Small Rowing Boat

OCTOBER 17TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At eight at night the coastguard reported that a man who had gone out fishing in a small rowing boat at one o’clock had not returned. There was thick fog. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. At 9.45 the motor life-boat Stanhope Smart was launched. She searched for a long time before she found the man. He had lost his bearings and made fast to a crab pot buoy for a time. He had heard the life-boat’s engine and had burnt a newspaper, but in the fog she had not seen it. She towed him in, arriving at midnight. He expressed his thanks. - Rewards, £20 12s. 6d.