— On the afternoon of the 6th November the coastguard telephoned that a small vessel, one and a half miles S.E. of St. Mary's Island, was showing signals of distress. A moderate breeze was blowing, with a heavy ground swell, and a thick, patchy fog. The motor life-boat Joseph Adlam was launched at 5.25 P.M., in charge of the second cox- swain, but returned after searching for two hours without result. The coast- guard reported that the vessel was still signalling, and the life-boat again put out. This time the coxswain took command. At 8.15 P.M. the life-boat found the motor fishing vessel Dorshie, of South Shields. The Dorshie had been fishing, with a crew of three, but her engine had broken down, and she was in distress in the breakers on a lee shore. The life-boat towed her into the safety of the Tyne, and returned to her station at 11 P.M.—Rewards, £17 17s..