On the 10th May some men from Bryher on their way home noticed four men ashore on Mincarlo, a small island south-west of Bryher, apparently without a boat. A moderate N.N.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. They went close and found that the men were French- men who had put out in a motor boat from Tresco, where their ships were at anchor, to gather limpets. After they had landed their motor boat had been dashed on the rocks by a heavy swell and had sunk. The Bryher men tried to get them off but could not get near enough owing to the state of the sea.

On reaching Bryher they immediately notified the coastguard who telephoned to St. Mary's, and the motor life-boat Cunard was launched at 11.15 P.M., taking a punt in tow. The men were taken off the island and landed, and the life-boat arrived back at her station at 2.30 A.M.—Rewards, £12 2*..