On the morning of the 24th November the coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel was ashore at West Runton. The sea was smooth, but there was a dense fog. The motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 11.30 A.M. She found the motor barge Rian, of Groningen, lying broadside on to the beach, about two and a half miles north-west of the life-boat station. She was bound with a cargo of coals from Newcastle to London, and carried a crew of five. The life-boat ran out the barge's anchors for her and stood by until the flood tide. Then, with the barge pulling on her anchors, and the life-boat towing, the barge was re- floated, and went on her way. The life-boat returned to her station at 10 P.M., having been on service for more than ten hours.—Property Salvage Case..