VESSELS DRIVEN ASHORE
TWO MEN DROWNED GALE ON COAST OF BRITAIN (British Offiei.il Wireless) (Received 17th December, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, 16th December. Stormy weather continues along the east coast. Two men were drowned to-day when the drifter, Margaret and Francis, was driven ashore in a gale off Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire. The remaining member of the crew reached the shore with the aid of a lifebelt and was picked up unconscious. The Aberdeen trawler David Buchan and Buckie drifter Heathery Knowe were driven ashore in the gale, but the crews got ashore safely.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 17 December 1936, Page 2
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