LOWESTOPT, SUFFOLK.—Shortly before 8 P.M. on the 20th July a trawler, when trying to make Pakefield Gatway, struck on the N.E. part of the Newcome sands.

The coxswain of the Life-boat observed the accident, assembled the crew, and at once proceeded in the No. 2 Life- boat Stock Exchange to her assistance.

On arriving at the trawler, the cox- swain asked the skipper if he required any help but he stated he only wanted a tug. About this time a tug from Lowestoft came up, and could not get near the vessel on account of the shallowness of the water and the heavy sea running. The Life-boat remained by the trawler whilst attempts were made by the crew to get a line to the tug by means of their own small boat, but finding that they could not succeed, and that the wind was freshening, the skipper engaged the Life-boat to assistin saving the craft. A rope was taken to the tug, and after a time the trawler was towed off and taken to Lowestoft.

The services of the Life-boat were watched with great interest by hundreds of visitors until the light failed. The Life-boat reached the harbour again with the trawler shortly before mid- night.

The vessel was the Integrity, of Lowestoft, with six persons on board.

She was homeward bound with fish.

GOHLESTON, SUFFOLK.—The fishing smack General Gordon, of Lowestoft, grounded on the Cross Ridge shortly before 5.30 P.M. on the 1st August, and the St. Nicholas Light-vessel commenced to fire signals. The crews of the Nos.

2 and 3 Life-boats Leicester and James Stevens No. 3 assembled, and as it was seen that the No. 3 Life-boat would have to wait to get up steam, the Leicester proceeded. With the N.N.W. wind blowing, she was able to sail straight for the smack. On arrival the master declined any assist- ance, as he hoped to float his vessel on the flowing tide. A little later the steam Life-boat arrived, and both boats stood by the vessel until the master succeeded in getting her off the sands.

When it was ascertained that she was not leaking the steam Life-boat took the other Life-boat in tow and they returned to Gorleston.

CAHORE, Co. WEXFORD.—The schooner Helen Macgregor, of Dublin, whilst bound from Scotland to Arklow, was lying at anchor off Cahore Point, on the 20th August. Towards evening the •wind increased to a fresh gale with a very rough and heavy sea, and at 8.30 P.M., in answer to distress signals from the schooner, the Life-boat Willie and Arthur was launched. On reaching the vessel it was found that both anchors were dragging; the Life-boat therefore rescued the crew of four hands, landing them in safety about 10 P.M. In per- forming the service, the Life-boat was damaged through being dashed against the schooner.

HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.—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.

WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE, ESSEX. — A few minutes after 5 on the morning of the 24th August, a telephone message from the Gunfleet Lighthouse reported that a vessel was on the sands. The crew were called, and with great prompt- ness the motor Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 proceeded to her assistance.

The vessel proved to be the barque Burden, of Mariehamn, but on the arrival of the Life-boat the master stated that he did not then require any assistance. As the vessel how- ever was bumping on the sands, the Coxswain considered it advisable to stand by her. About three hours later the master engaged a tug to tow him clear of the sand, and as the services of the Life-boat were no longer required she returned to her station.

The motor was reported to have worked well.

ALDEBUKGH, SUFFOLK.—On the night of the 23rd August the steamer Lady Ann, of Sunderland, whilst bound from that port to London with a cargo of coal, stranded on the Shipwash Sands.

At about 7.30 next morning the Coast- guard reported the vessel was ashore, and the No. 2 Life-boat Edward Z.

Dresden was launched to assist her.

On getting alongside the master en- gaged the Life-boatmen to save his vessel, his efforts having proved futile.

As it was then nearing high water, anchors with wire cable attached were promptly run out, and with the assist- ance of the vessel's own steam-power she was eventually floated.HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. — The yacht Mea, of Hoylake, a cutter of about four tons, left Beaumaris at about 10 A.M.

on the 24th August, but owing to dark- ness was unable to make Hoylake.

Having no lights the two occupants cruised about all night. Next morning at 8 A.M. the weather became worse, the wind increasing to a gale with a heavy sea, and both men being thoroughly exhausted they made signals of distress.

The signals having been reported by the Coastguard, the Life-boat Hannah Fawsett Bennett was promptly launched and accompanied the yacht to a safe anchorage at New Brighton.

MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.—During a moderate W.S.W. gale, accompanied by thunder, lightning and very heavy rain, on the 28th August, a vessel was pro- ceeding up the Solway Firth, and she was kept under observation. About 8 P.M. it was seen that a signal of dis- tress was flying in her rigging, and without loss of time the crew of the Life-boat Civil Service No. 5 were as- sembled, and at about the same time the Solway Light-vessel commenced to fire rockets. On the arrival of the Life-boat at the vessel, it was found that she had been aground, but on the rising tide had bumped over the sand and was then riding to her anchors.

The Captain stated that he required a pilot and assistance, to take bis vessel into safety. A pilot and five Life-boatmen were therefore placed on board, and the Life-boat, being required no longer, ran for Silloth. When the tide slackened, the men on board the vessel attempted to weigh her anchors, but one cable parted. The other anchor and cable were then slipped, and with the assistance of the Life-boatmen, the vessel and her crew of five hands were taken into safety. The vessel was the schooner Englebert, of Barssel, and was bound from Morocco to Annan with a cargo of beans.

CEMLYN AND BULL BAY, ANGLESEY.— Shortly after 7 P.M. on the 31st August a telephone message was received, stating that the schooner Flower of Portsoy, of Plymouth, was aground on the Platter Rocks, in Holyhead Bay.

The Cemlyn Life-boat, Anne Collin, was at once despatched to her assistance, but on nearing her it was found that she was not on the rocks but drifting, 110 one being on board. The Life- boatmen boarded her, and as she drifted towards Bull Bay, the Cox- swain found that he could nob manage her. He therefore signalled for more assistance, and the Bull Bay Life-boat James Cullen was launched. Together the crews succeeded in saving the vessel, beaching her at Cemlyn at 10 o'clock the next morning. The vessel was bound at the time from Kilsale to Garston with a cargo of timber, and it was subsequently found out that the crew of four hands left the vessel in their own boat, owing to the anchor chains having parted and the sails having blown away.

PENMON, ANGLESEY.—About 8.15 P.M.

on the 8th September, the schooner Mary Jane, of Lancaster, made signals of distress. For two days she had been lying at anchor near Puffin Island in an unsuitable berth, and on the 8th the S.W. wind increased to the force of a gale, causing the anchors to drag.

The Life-boat Christopher Brown was launched, but before she reached the schooner the anchors had caught in the rock of the Causeway and were holding.

There was, however, the danger that the cables might part, and as it was known from her position at the head of the Causeway that she would bump heavily as the tide ebbed, the crew of four men were rescued from their dangerous position. When the men were taken off, the weather was so bad that the Life-boat could not get back to her station, nor could she beat up to Beaumaris against the tide. The Cox- swam, therefore, anchored until 4.20 next morning, and then made for Beaumaris, arriving about 7 A.M. Three hours later the wind veered to the west- ward and moderated, and the Life-boat was able to regain her station..