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A Youghal Fishing Boat

NOVEMBER 7TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK.

About 11.15 on the night of the 6th of November, a message was received that a Youghal fishing boat, with one man on board, was missing.

A light easterly breeze was blowing, and the sea was calm, but there was a thick fog.

The motor life-boat Laurana Sarah Blunt was launched at 12.15 on the morning of the 7th and, after a search, found the fishing boat a mile south of the harbour. The fisherman had lost his bearings and was pulling seawards.

He was suffering from exposure.

The life-boat towed him in, and arrived back at her station at 2.15. - Rewards, £16 14s. 6d..