On the 22nd August at 2.40 P.M. the Coastguard ob- served a flat ashore on the East Hoyle Bank with a signal of distress, flying.

The crew of the Life-boat Hannah Fawsett Bennett were promptly assembled and the boat launched. They found that the vessel was the Evening Star, of Liverpool, bound from Liverpool to the River Dee with a cargo of steel billets.

After the Life-boat had been standing by the flat for some time, a steam flat came upon the scene, and as soon as there was sufficient water she towed the stranded vessel clear. During this service the sea was rough and a strong N.W. wind was blowing..