Early on the morn- ing of the 24th November the coast- guard told the coxswain that they had under observation a small vessel which was drifting towards the shore in Walpole Bay, east of Margate. The coxswain went on to the cliffs and saw that the vessel could not avoid going ashore. The motor life-boat Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched at 5.15 A.M. in a moderate N.N.W. gale, with a heavy sea. She found the barge Thyra, which was bound, with a crew of two and a cargo of sand, for Maidstone. She had run ashore, and the seas were breaking over her. The life-boat anchored and veered down. Although she hit the rocks she succeeded in rescuing the two men. They were landed at Margate pier, and the life-boat returned to her station at 6.10 A.M.—Rewards, £12 17*. 6d..