The Life- boat Mary Batger was launched shortly after noon on the 19th August to the assistance of the pleasure coble Thelma, of Saltburn, which had put to sea with three persons on board. A N.W. gale suddenly sprang up, making the coble difficult to handle, and she drifted down the coast. Signals of distress were made, and the Life-boat proceeded after the helpless craft. When near Skinnin- grove the occupants of the coble decided to try and land, and the Life-boat stood by until the boat was safely beached. The Life-boat was compelled to wait off Skinningrove at anchor for some hours until the ebb tide set in, as she was unable to ro >v back in the teeth of the gale..