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The Arklow Fishing Boat Pride of Kilmichael

APRIL 12TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 8.45 in the morning a fishing boat at anchor in the South Shear was seen to be flying a distress signal, and at 9.30 the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched. A north-westerly breeze was blowing, the sea calm. She found the Arklow fishing boat Pride of Kilmichael with her propeller shaft broken, and towed her into Rosslare harbour at 10.30. - Rewards, £1 16s.

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