A CHANGE OF WIND
MSHING FLEET ON A LEE SHORE.
(IT! TtLEHILArH. I>I:E3S ASSOCIAIIO.V.)
";■■• . „ THAJIES/-26til-June. ilit> ■ wind wbicli yesterday; ■ morning was blowing hard from ,the .north-west, chajiged saddenly at. 2 p.m. when a portion of" the. fishing fleet was placed in a precarious. position '-in . the Fifth Of Thames. They were on a lee shore and jiad to battle all the afternoon against a gale which, in spite of the boats' full engine power, blow them five miles out. They lost a lot-,,0f--, gear,, nets, and anchors. : .
During, the heislit of the galo a launch, anchored off the coast, was driven ashore and smashed to match-' Wood. . "■-. '.;-•.-■-.■
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1925, Page 9
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107A CHANGE OF WIND Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1925, Page 9
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