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THREE

MEN

At Mercy Of Gale

SOUGHT FROM AIR

THEY FOUGHT THEIR WAY HOME

Shivering on the quay-side after an all-night vigil, a little group of fisher folk cheered as three exhausted men staggered, bearded and hungry, on to the dock-side at Lowestoft.

They were the skipper and crew of the tiny Lowestoft fishing smack, Northern Queen. Driven before the gale 100 miles off their course from the

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days on the fish they had caught.

Their only drink was sea water, distilled in a kettle in the battered cabin. In their pipes they smoked tea leaves.

All night the quay watchers sat in the wind. Three wives, one with a tiny baby in a pram, had ready a constant supply of steaming tea for their loved ones.

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HE SAID NOTHING

"It was a rum turn-out," grinned Skipper Jenner, as he gulped down steaming tea. "Our lee rail was un- der water, our main sail shreds, and we had to go where the wind drove us.

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"I don't k "We had no rest. It was impos-me... I do sible to lie down for half an hour. speak about," We just had to keep going. We were Heart of Mi ward, when I night on the on him--and

Eight seaplanes from Felixstowe R.A.F. base had--searched-for-the vessel. An S O S had been broad-down to our last shovelfull of coal. cast. Then the Northern Queen was

'No more distilled water,' I thought, as I looked at the boys, but I said nothing."

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With the skipper on board were Albert, his brother, and Edward

Skipper William Jenner refused assistance.

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Gorleston lifeboat and a Lowe- stoft tug returned after several hours of fruitless search.

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