At 5.15 P.M. on the 5th December a pilot boat with three men on board put out in response to what was thought to be a signal for a pilot. The weather was very thick, with a moderate easterly breeze. The three men found a yacht, the Glen Cora, of Southampton, ashore on the seaward end of the training bank outside Poole harbour, with a heavy sea breaking round her. They made several unsuccessful attempts to get to the yacht and their boat was nearly swamped. They then returned to the pilot station and informed the coast- guard and the life-boat station. The pulling and sailing life-boat Harmar was launched at 6.35 P.M., and after being launched took on board the coxswain, who was out fishing when he heard the assembly signal. At the same tune a motor boat put out with three men on board, met the pilot boat, and was advised by the pilots to meet the life-boat and give her a tow. This the motor boat did near North Haven Point. The life-boat, with this help, reached the yacht at about 7.15 P.M.

The crew of two were found clinging to the rigging, the hull of the yacht being submerged, and were rescued with considerable difficulty, owing to their exhausted condition and the heavy seas on the sandbank. Stimulants were given to them and the life-boat was towed back to her station. Mr. C. E. D.

Law, the owner of the yacht, showed his gratitude by becoming an annual subscriber, in addition to making a donation to the branch and a gift to the life-boat crew.—Rewards to life- boat crew, £31 7s. (Other rewards on page 226.).