On the evening of the llth September a message was received from a Teignmouth resident, through the coastguard, that a girl had left Teignmouth for Exmouth in a 12-feet sailing dinghy, and as a strong wind was blowing, with a choppy and rising sea, fears were felt for her safety.

Two boats had put out from Teign- mouth, but had been unable to overtake her. The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 7.30 P.M., and found the dinghy on the Exmouth side of the Parson and Clerk Rock, about one mile off Dawlish.

The girl was taken into the life-boat, and her boat towed back to Exmouth.

The life-boat returned to her station at 8.25 P.M. But for the life-boat's help the dinghy would probably never have reached Exmouth, as the tide was against her and the sea was too rough for a boat of that type. The rescued girl made a donation to the Institution.—Rewards, £18 7s..