SEPTEMBER 14TH. - POOLBEG, CO. DUBLIN.

At 8.30 at night information was received from the Clontarf Sailing Club that a small sailing boat was in difficulties at the mouth of the river. A strong westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor lifeboat Helen Blake was launched at 8.50 and after a search found the sailing boat drifting off Poolbeg Lighthouse. She towed her to Pigeon House Dock, and returned to her station, arriving at 10.15. - Rewards, £7 5s..