At 11 P.M.

on the 1st April the life-boat watchman reported that a vessel had stranded on the Inner Binks. A N.W. to W. wind was blowing, with a rough ground sea.

The motor life-boat City of Bradford II found the steam trawler Lord Hare- wood, of Grimsby, rolling heavily and thumping on the bottom. She was bound, laden, with a crew of twelve, from the fishing grounds to Grimsby.

The life-boat dropped anchor and stood by until daybreak. She then passed tow-ropes from the trawler to a tug that had arrived to refloat her. After the tug had pulled for half an hour the tow parted, and this left the trawler in a very dangerous position. The life-boat, however, managed to pass another hawser between the two vessels, and eventually the trawler was refloated.

Her skipper was very grateful for the life-boat's help. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 7.30 A.M., having been on service for over eight hours.— Property Salvage Case..