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The Humber Lightvessel (1)

NOVEMBER  16TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. At 11.30 in the morning the Mablethorpe coastguard asked the life-boat to put out to the Humber Lightvessel and take an injured man from it to Grimsby. A moderate north-north-east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor lifeboat City of Bradford II was launched at 11.56, embarked a doctor and put him aboard the lightvessel. The injured man was then put into the life-boat and she took him and the doctor to Grimsby, arriving at 5.50. An ambulance was waiting. The life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 9.30 that night. - Permanent paid crew.