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Geisha, of Wexford

JUNE 27TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR CO. WEXFORD. At 5.30 in the afternoon a cyclist from St. Helens reported the fishing schooner Geisha, of Wexford, dismasted and drifting between the Whilkeen and Carrick Rocks. A fresh easterly wind was blowing, and the sea was very choppy. At 5.55 the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched, found the Geisha, with three men on board, and towed her to Rosslare harbour, arriving at 6.45. - Rewards, £3 8s..