Shortly after 2 P.M. on the 15th May information was received that one of the fishing- boats, which had gone drifting for mackerel the previous night at 6.30 P.M., was missing. A strong N.E. gale had been blowing all night, and the Coast- guard had been unable to learn anything about the missing boat. As the gale continued and the sea in the Channel was very heavy, the Life-boat William Wallis was sent out to search. Mean- while some of the larger fishing-boats had returned ashore and reported that the boat was west of Brighton with the men standing by their nets, and that she was in great danger of sinking as there was too much wind for the men to set sail. After searching for two hours the Life-boat found the boat about five miles off Lancing, with her crew in an exhausted condition, they having been without food for many hours. Having supplied the men with restoratives the Life-boat brought them, and their boat, ashore in safety, Brighton being reached at 7 P.M. The boat was an open 18-foot boat named the Emile, and registered at Shoreham,.