FISHERMEN IN WAR TIME 



three-quarters of a mile away. Having reached it, 

 she saw several persons swimming about, and the 

 first to be able to lay hands on was a negro who 

 proved to be a fireman of the lost vessel. He and 

 other men were keeping themselves afloat on some 

 wreckage. 



The negro was exhausted, but the girl managed 

 to save him. Doubtless she and the boy would have 

 saved others, but a motor boat came up and res- 

 cued the rest of the survivors. It was the fireman 

 who told the girl that the steamboat had been tor- 

 pedoed by a submarine. The case was so unusual 

 that the circumstances were investigated by the 

 Board of Trade, with a view to the girl's services 

 being rewarded. 



The Albert Medal was conferred upon two mem- 

 bers of the Grimsby steam trawler Exeter, at Buck- 

 ingham Palace, on November 14, 191 7, for gallant 

 acts. These men were Ernest Henry Outhouse, 

 deckhand, formerly third hand, and William Wel- 

 drick, trimmer, formerly deckhand, both of the 

 Trawler Section, Royal Naval Reserve. 



The awards were made for one of those life-saving 

 efforts, in circumstances of great danger, which had 

 always marked the heroic deeds of trawlermen. 



On November 20, 1916, the ketch Frieda, of Lon- 

 don, was in a sinking state in the North Sea. She 

 made signals of distress, and in prompt response 

 to them the Exeter approached the spot and a small 

 boat was launched under the command of the second 

 hand and manned by Outhouse, Weldrick and two 



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