12th March. The Holy Island motor life-boat was launched at 7 P.M. in a full N.E. gale to go to the help of the lighter Ella, of A* Newcastle. A very heavy sea was breaking right across the bar and the night was very dark and bitterly cold.

The Inner Fames light was extinguished, but the coxswain succeeded in finding the lighter six miles away. Her crew had already been taken off by a tug.

It was impossible in the gale and dark- ness for the life-boat to enter Holy Island harbour and she spent the night at sea, returning next morning after having been out for thirteen hours.

The North Sunderland pulling and sailing life-boat crew assembled at noon and took the life-boat towards Hamburgh in readiness to launch if required, but returned at 9.30 P.M.

after the Holy Island life-boat had reached the vessel.

Rewards, the thanks of the Institu- tion inscribed on vellum to Coxswain Thomas Kyle and an extra money reward to him and to each of the crew.

Holy Island, £32 19s. 3d.; North Sunderland, £20 10s..