Eyemouth.—Shortly before noon on the 6th March, when a whole S.S.E. .

gale was blowing, the Coastguard re- j ported that a vessel was in distress off j St. Abbs Head, and in urgent need of j assistance. The Eyemouth Life-boat | Anne Frances was promptly manned, j and the boat proceeded in a very heavy sea towards the vessel indicated. She proved to be the schooner Livlig, of Norway, carrying a cargo of pit props, and eventually she became a total wreck.

After an hour's hard work the Lifeboatmen succeeded in getting alongside.

The vessel was on her beam ends, and the crew of seven hands were taking j refuge in the rigging, but as the Life- j boat approached her she fortunately j righted. Even so considerable difficulty was experienced in rescuing the men on board, who were somewhat exhausted.

Seven men, including the captain, were saved, but one man was washed overboard and drowned before the arrival I of the Life-boat. j Owing to the direction and force of the wind Coxswain Miller knew it j would be impossible to get back to Eyemouth. He therefore decided to take the shipwrecked men to the Firth of Forth. This journey was a perilous one, and both the Life-boatmen and the crew they had rescued had a very |trying experience. Time after time the Life-boat was swept from end to end by heavy seas, and when the boat, after many hours at sea, reached Granton, the men were numbed and exhausted from cold and exposure.

When they landed the Naval Authorities took charge of the Life-boat and attended to the men's immediate necessities.

They then proceeded to Leith, where they spent the night, and next day returned to Eyemouth by train.

When the weather moderated they once more returned to Granton, and took the boat back to her station. In this case the boat was handled with considerable skill by the Coxswain, and a very good service was performed in unusually bad weather, and the Committee decided to mark their appreciation of the good work by bestowing the Bronze Medal of the Institution upon the Coxswain, William Miller, and by giving him and each of the other members of the crew an additional monetary reward..