ON two successive days the Motor Lifeboat at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, was launched to take doctors out to sick men on board vessels. On 24th March, an American steamer, the Yapalaga of Philadelphia, was seen approaching from the Needles flying the urgent signal " Accident, require surgeon." The Bed Cross Ambulance was informed, the Life-boat Crew assembled, and as soon as the doctor arrived took him out to the steamer, where it was found that one of the crew had fallen down the ship's hold and was suffering from concussion and internal injuries. He was brought ashore in the Life-boat.

The following day the Coast Guard informed the Life-boat Station that a German three-masted schooner, Annemarie of Hamburg, which was lying in the Solent, had sent a boat ashore for a doctor. Meanwhile wind and sea had both been increasing, and it was now blowing a strong gale. It was impossible for the ship's boat to take the doctor out, and the Life-boat was launched. She took the doctor to the steamer, and when he had attended to the sick man and left instructions for his care with the Captain, she brought him ashore again.

The United States Lines, to which the Yapalaga belongs, have sent a donation of £5 to the Yarmouth Branch..