On the morning of the 24th February a Seaford resident telephoned to the assistant honorary secretary that a steamer was ashore at Seaford Head. She was the Unbe Mendi, of Bilbao, bound for Rotterdam with a cargo of iron ore. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, and there was a thick fog. The motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched at 9.45 A.M., and found and spoke the vessel. Her master did not want any help, but as the wind was freshen- ing the coxswain decided to stand by.

The life-boat stayed there all day. At 8 P.M. a tug made an unsuccessful attempt to get the steamer off. As the wind had by then dropped to a calm, the coxswain decided to return to harbour, and the life-boat got back to her station at 9 P.M. The steamer was towed off by tugs on the following night.—Rewards, £24 14s..