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James Lay

JANUARY 1 4TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.

About 10.30 at night the Saltburn coastguard reported a message from the police at Marske that a vessel was ashore here. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor lifeboat Louisa Polden was launched at 11.9 and a quarter of an hour later found the steam trawler James Lay, aground on a sandy bottom near Red Howls. She stood by until the trawler refloated at two o’clock next morning and then returned to her station, arriving at 2.25. - Rewards, £19 15s. 6d..