The motor tanker, D. L. Harper, of Danzig, 12.350 tons, bound laden from Aruba, West Indies, to Hamburg, with five passen- gers and thirty-eight crew, struck the Crane Rocks, about half a mile north of Lizard Head, on the 20th June.

Information was received through the coastguard and Lloyd's signal station at 5.58 P.M., and at 6.13 P.M. the motor life-boat Duke of York was launched. The weather was very foggy, with intermittent rain, a heavy ground sea, and a strong southerly breeze. Ten minutes after launching the life-boat reached the tanker, took oft the five passengers, including a woman and her baby, and landed them at 7.8 P.M. At 7.35 P.M. she left again for the vessel, by which she remained through the night. In the morning the crew decided to leave, and they were taken oft and landed at about 8 A.M.

The life-boat and the sea were covered with the crude oil coming from the tanker. But for this oil it would have been almost impossible to take off the crew, as, at that time, there was a heavy sea running. The captain of the tanker expressed his thanks and admiration, saying : "I cannot speak too highly of your coxswain and crew. They are a splendid lot." Efforts to refloat the D. L. Harper were successful, and she reached Falmouth on the 24th June.

The Institution sent a letter to the branch expressing appreciation of the services rendered. The owners, who are annual subscribers, expressed their thanks and gave a special donation of £30.—Rewards, £27 17s..