At 9 P.M. on the 24th December the Coastguard reported j that a vessel was ashore on Whitby I Rock. Coxswain Langlands at once.

summoned the Life-boat crew and pro- j ceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the s.s. Fane, of Bergen, bound from ! South Shields to Rouen with a cargo of i coal. The Life-boatmen were engaged j to try and refloat the vessel, which was hard aground. A large part of the i vessel's cargo was jettisoned on the 25th-26th December and the vessel was successfully refloated at about 11.30 P.M. on the later day. She was then assisted by a tug to the Tyne, j where she arrived next morning. While the Life - boatmen were engaged in assisting |he steamer, a coble, named the Harvest Some, attempted to reach the Fane, but a gale of wind sprang up from the S.W., with the result that the coble was blown out to sea. The Life- boat therefore at once proceeded to search for the coble. The crew had considerable difficulty in the darkness in locating her and were only guided by the man on board shouting for help.

She fortunately succeeded in finding the coble and took her in tow. After a very heavy pull for one and a half hours, both the man and his coble were brought into safety; the former had a very narrow escape of losing his life..