Shortly be- fore noon on the 15th November two fishing-yawls—the Bose and the Cornu- copia—belonging to St. Abbs, were seen from the harbour to be in great danger.

They had gone off fishing at dawn, but during the morning the wind died away and a heavy ground swell began to come in from the N.E. It was utterly impossible for the boats to reach safety with so much broken water between them and the harbour entrance, and it is stated that had they attempted to get in under oars it would have meant certain death. As the boats were under obser- vation the Motor Life-boat Helen Smitton was promptly dispatched to assist them, and a line was carried from the harbour entrance and thrown to the first of the boats—the Hose—and by means of this rope the fishermen who had assembled on the pier pulled her into safety, the Life- boat in the meantime closely attending on the boat in case any mishap should occur. The other boat, which ap- proached the rocky entrance to the harbour about half-an-hour later, was in greater jeopardy owing to the fact that the sea had become much heavier. The Life-boat, which had waited in readiness, again proceeded to sea and carried a line to the endangered boat; she had scarcely left the harbour, however, when she was met by a tre- mendous sea; she, however, faced it magnificently, and she was able to reach the fishing-boat with the line, and by this means the boat was hauled into safety..