At 12.30 P.M. on the 2nd January a telephone message was received from the Coastguard that a fishing coble was in distress north of Emmanuel Head.

The No. 1 Motor Life-boat Milbufn was launched and found the May of Holy Island drifting fast to the north, with her engine flooded. A moderate south gale was blowing, with a rough sea and rain. With some difficulty a line was got aboard and the May and her crew of two were towed into harbour, which was reached at 2.30 P.M. But for the help of the Life-boat, the boat and the men would have been lost.—Rewards, £8 14s. 6d..