A Small Motor Boat (1)
JUNE 28TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 11.55 at night on the 27th the Foreland coastguard reported that a small motor boat, with four people on board, had left Wootton at 5.30 that afternoon for Bembridge and had not arrived. The motor life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 12.30 in the morning of the 28th, in a light southwesterly wind, with a slight swell. She found the missing boat off Sea View about 4.40, with her engine broken down, and towed her to Bembridge, arriving at 5.55. A letter of thanks was received, and a donation to the Institution. - Rewards, £10 16s..