Newhaven, Sussex.—At 3.10 P.M. on the 30th August a message was received reporting that a Government transport had been in collision off Rottingdean, i and was in" a sinking condition. A light S. W. breeze was blowing at the time and | the sea was smooth, i After consulting j the Coastguard, the Honorary Secretary of the branch gave instructions for the Life-boat Sir FitzBoy Clayton to proceed to the assistance of the damaged vessel.

On arriving off Rottingdean, Coxswain Payne found that the vessel was the s.s. Bion, of Newcastle, and that the i Newhaven tug Alert and another transport were standing by her. The ' Kim had all her boats out. Coxswain Payne offered assistance to the captain, ! who stated in reply that he had engaged the tug to try and tow his vessel to Newhaven. He asked the Coxswain, however, to stand by while this was being done, as he was afraid that the vessel might founder. The Life-boat accordingly accompanied the vessel.

When she arrived off Newhaven it was found that she was drawing too much water to enter the harbour ; she was, therefore, beached in Seaford Bay, and the Life-boat returned to her station, At the time of the casualty the vessel was bound from Dover to Portsmouth in ballast.

Filey, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 9th September the Coastguard reported that a steamer was ashore to the north of Filey. A fog prevailed at the time with a rough sea, and the Life-boat Hollon the Third was promptly launched. About two miles to the north of Filey they found the s.s.

Artificer, of Newcastle, stranded on the rocks broadside to the sea. The captain declined to leave his steamer, but asked the Life-boat to proceed to Scarborough and report the casualty to his owners. They accordingly did so, being assisted by a trawler which towed them part of the way there, and back again to the vessel. When the boat again reached the vessel there was too much sea for her to go alongside, she therefore stood by until the Rocket Apparatus had effected communication and saved the crew.

Spurn, Yorkshire.—The sloop Chesterfield, of Lynn, whilst bound to Hull, laden with gravel, stranded on the Inner Sinks on the 9th September.

Coxswain Cross immediately assembled his crew and proceeded to the vessel in the boarding Life-boat. On arrival it was found that the sea was sweeping right over the vessel and that she was filling with water. The sloop's small boat, which had been launched, was swamped. As the three men on board were in considerable peril owing to the heavy ground sea, Coxswain Cross advised them to abandon their vessel without delay. They took his advice and very shortly after they had been rescued, the vessel broke up.

Clogher Head, co. Louth.—At 3.30 P.M.

information was received that a vessel was flying signals of distress, and the crew of the Life-boat Charles Whiiton were assembled and the boat proceeded to sea in a heavy W.N.W. gale. When two miles S. by E. of Clogher Head she fell in with the lugger Cecilia, of Balbriggan, which had had her mast carried away. The four men on board were rescued in an exhausted condition, and about twenty minutes later the vessel became a total wreck. A heavy sea was running at the time that this service was performed, and the Lifeboat was reported to have behaved splendidly.

Kingstown, co. Dublin.—On the 14th September the Life-boat Dunleary was launched at 2.23 P.M. during a very strong S.S.W. gale to the assistance of two trawlers which were in difficulties in Dublin Bay. One vessel was named the Industry and the other the MizpaJt.

When the Life-boat reached the former it was found that she had had her bowsprit carried away and had lost her sails. She was then at anchor, and the men refused to leave her. The Lifeboat therefore proceeded to the Mizpdh, but the crew of this vessel also declined to be taken ashore. A passenger on board, however, desired to be landed, and the Life-boat conveyed him ashore.

A telephone message was then sent to Dublin for a tug to proceed to the assistance of the two vessels, and later in the evening they were both towed into safety.

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—In response to a telephone message from Thorpeness on the 17th September the No. 1 Life-boat City of Winchester was launched, great difficulty being experienced in getting the boat afloat owing to the heavy sea running and the bad state of the beach.

Eventually, with the assistance of about two hundred persons, the boat was successfully floated, and at once proceeded to Thorpeness, where she found the barge Perseus, of London, driving on shore with her rudder head gone. The boat attempted to veer down to the barge, but the anchor dragged, and Coxswain Cable found it necessary to cut his cable as the boat was very near inshore in heavy broken seas and shipping a great deal of water. He then made for the barge again and in three tacks succeeded in reaching her, when the crew of the three hands were, with great difficulty, taken off. The barge at this time was lying in only two and a half fathoms of water. The Life-boat then started for Aldeburgh, but just before she arrived home the wind shifted into the W., and the men decided to return to the barge which had been left riding to two anchors. Life-boatmen were placed on board and, with the assistance of a mine sweeper, the barge was towed to Harwich, the Life-boat steering her on account of the damage done to her rudder..