Caister, Norfolk.—At 6.45 A.M. on the 7th August information was received by telephone that the Great Yarmouth fishing boat Handy Billy was in distress about one and a half miles to the northward. A fresh E. by S. breeze was blowing and the sea was very heavy in the broken water. The pulling and sailing life-boat Charles Burton was launched at 7.5 A.M. andfound the boat at anchor about 150 yards off the shore with the seas breaking over her. Her motor had failed and her mast had been carried away. The life-boat was anchored dropped down to the boat and rescued her crew of two. The life-boat reached her station again at 9.45 A.M. The fishing boat was left at anchor, but later drifted ashore.—Rewards, £14 12s. 6d..