Sunken boat with no steerer

A SUNKEN narrowboat in a Middlewich Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal caused confusion yesterday (Friday) when no one was found in attendance.

It was thought that the unknown boat had caught on the cill and sunk with the steerer escaping, as fire fighters prodded around in the interior boat but found no body, Alan Tilbury tells us.

Canal Festival

However with the Middlewich Canal Festival this week-end, the sinking caused a long queue of boats wanting to get to the festival, but they were held up whilst the water in the lock was pumped out and the boat re-floated.

This is the second time a boat as been sunk in Lock 74 in Middlewich, with another sinking in December.