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Poznan, of Gdynia

AUGUST 20TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.16 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported a large steamer aground on the Goodwin Sands. A light north-west wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 5.35, and found the Polish steamer Poznan, of Gdynia, about seven miles from the life-boat station and half a mile inside the North East Goodwin buoy. At the request of her captain the life-boat stood by the steamer until high water, when she refloated without help. The life-boat reached her station again at 9.20 that morning. - Rewards, £15 12s. 9d..