TRAWLER ON ROCKS
BRITISH LIFEBOAT TO THE RESCUE (British Official Wireless.) PreM Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, January 30. After fighting against fog, darkness, and a heavy sea off Beachy Head for three hours, the Newhaven lifeboat brought ashore early this morning the crew of fifteen of the French steam trawler Crabe, which is now lying on the rocks at Birling Gap. When the distress signals were heard the lifeboat and a rocket life-saving team set out to render assistance, but the, latter could not locate the vessel owing to the fog. The ,lifeboat ultimately got close' to the Crabe, and the _ crew were transferred. Although the lifeboat suffered considerable damage) she regained Newhaven Harbour safely.
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Evening Star, Issue 20089, 1 February 1929, Page 6
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114TRAWLER ON ROCKS Evening Star, Issue 20089, 1 February 1929, Page 6
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