The Norwegian steamer Juno 365 tons, bound from Treport, France to Partington, Cheshire, in ballast struck the Carn Du rock in the Manacles in fog where she became a total wreck. Her 13-man crew were landed in Falmouth from the tug Perran and taken to the Royal Cornwall Sailor’s Home. The captain said the “weather was exceedingly foggy.” The crew abandoned ship into a lifeboat and four times they reboarded the Juno to save their possessions.

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During the past week 105 shipwrecked seamen have been landed at Falmouth from five steamers sunk by German submarines. The ships Caucasian, Larchmoor, Renfrew, Inglemoor, and Bodnognat were sunk by gunfire or torpedo between the Lizard and the Isles of Scilly.

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Two Feock fishermen William and Frank Hichens were charged at Falmouth magistrates Court of being in a prohibited area without a permit.

Supt. Nicholls said the prisoners were “arrested whilst fishing near the Manacles Rocks – a prohibited area – without a permit.”

The case was brought under the Defence of the Realm Act. The naval authorities did not wish to press the case, as it was the first of its kind in Falmouth but it served as a warning to others. The Mayor, Mr. Chard said that the Act should be strictly observed.

The prisoners were liable to a fine of £100 and six moths imprisonment. Mr. Chard said he hoped the prisoners would realise the seriousness of the offence and that in future other offenders would have the full penalty imposed. Both men were released and fined 4 shillings costs.

Fishermen with permits could fish day and night but during the night they were not allowed to fish within ten miles of the entrance of a defended port under the terms of the Act.

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