At 5.12 P.M. on the 14th May the coast- guard at Seaton Sluice telephoned that a steam trawler was flying " not under control " signals about five miles east of the station. A strong N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea, and the weather was very cold. Another mes- sage was received that, although the trawler had been taken in tow, she appeared to be sinking, and the motor life-boat Henry Frederick Swan put out at 6.20 P.M. She found the trawler, the Lolist, of North Shields, half a mile N.E. of the Tyne Piers, with only the master aboard, the remainder of the crew having been transferred pre- viously to another trawler. Swept by heavy seas and escorted by the life-boat, the Lolist was towed into harbour.

Later she was beached at North Shields.—Rewards, £6 7s..