At 1.15 in the afternoon of 5th January, when a whole S.S.W. gale was blowing, with rain and a heavy sea, the Coxswain noticed that the s.s. Hawthorn, of Liverpool, which was at anchor in Ramsey Bay, was signalling that a doctor was wanted at once. In view of the weather, no ordinary boat was suitable for the service, and it was decided to send out the Motor Life-boat Lady Harrison.

The Branch Honorary Secretary and a doctor went out in her. They found that the second engineer had broken several ribs as the result of a fall in the engine room. With great difficulty he was taken into the Life-boat and brought ashore, where he was sent at once to hospital.—Rewards, £13 13s. fid..