On the night of the 4th June the steamer Lightfoot, of Newcastle, bound in bal- last from Marburg, Germany, to the Tyne, ran aground about one hundred yards north of the coastguard station at Seaton Sluice in very thick weather.

A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. News was received from the coastguard, and the motor life-boat Henry Frederick Swan was launched at 12.15 A.M. on the 5th. She stood by until tugs refloated the Lightfoot, and then accompanied her to the Tyne. She returned to her station at 4.30 A.M.—Rewards, £11 16*..