November Meeting.

Kingstown, Co. Dublin.—On the llth August a party of six men and six women were out in a converted ship's boat. At about 11 P.M. they approached the harbour, but a strong N.E. wind had got up, making a big sea. There was no capable seaman among the twelve people on board. They were afraid to attempt to get in. Instead, they anchored outside the harbour, off the root of the East Pier. They shouted for help, and one of them made for the shore in the boat's dinghy. Two fishermen heard the shouts, scrambled over the rocks and found the dinghy.

In this they put out to the boat, took charge of her, and brought her safely into harbour. They ran some risk and but for their help twelve people might have lost their lives.—Rewards, £2.

Ventnor, Isle of Wight.—A visitor was out sailing on the morning of the 15th August. His boat was struck by a sudden squall and capsized off Bennel Bay. The man swam ashore.

In the meantime the coastguard had seen the capsized boat and told Messrs.

Spencer & Sons, boat proprietors.

They at once put out in a motor launch, and were occupied for about one and a half hours, thereby losing a trip with passengers to St. Catherine's lighthouse.—Grant of £l 10s. to cover loss of trip.

Skegness, Lincolnshire.—On the 19th August a motor pleasure boat caught fire and three other motor boats took off the passengers.—Rewards, Aneroid barometer and letters of thanks.

(For full account of this service see page 12.) Crossbaven, Co. Cork. — At about 1.15 P.M. on the 3rd September a man who was out sailing in a small boat was capsized in a strong N.W. wind with a choppy sea. Two fishermen of Passage West, who were with their boat at Currabinny, on the other side of the river, heard cries. To save time they cut away their ropes and rowed about three hundred yards to the rescue. The man was unconscious and under water.

At some risk to themselves they got him into their boat.—Rewards, £2.

Jersey, Channel Islands.—The small boat Bobby, of Jersey, with two people on board, was missing, and the States tug Duke of Normandy went out in search at 10.45 A.M. on the 22nd Sep- tember. A heavy sea was running and a moderate gale blowing, with squalls.

The coxswain of the life-boat and three of the crew accompanied the tug. On a reef of rocks about seven miles S.E. of Jersey they found the boat ashore, and rescued the two people. Jersey was reached again shortly after 5 P.M.— Rewards, £3 between the life-boatmen.

Newbiggin, Northumberland.—At about 2.30 P.M. on the 4th October the Cresswell coastguard reported that a yacht about two miles to the E.S.E.

appeared to be on fire. The wind being light and the tide low, the life-boat was not launched, but the life-boat coxswain, with four other men, put out in a motor fishing coble. On reaching the posi- tion given they could find no vessel in distress, and after searching for three hours they returned.—Rewards, £3 2s. 6d.; and 5s. for fuel used.

Port William, Wigtownshire. — Two fishermen put out in a boat and rescued three bathers on the 15th September, and other people helped on shore.— Rewards, Silver watches and letters of thanks.

(For a full account of this service see page 11.) Torquay, Devon.—During a moderate W.N.W. gale, with a rough sea, on the 19th October, three men in a rowing boat trying to reach the harbour could make no headway. They were seen by the coastguard, and two men put out in a motor boat at about 5.30 P.M.

They found the men in the rowing boat exhausted, and towed them into har- bour.—Rewards, £1; and 2s. 8d. for fuel used.

Blackpool, Lancashire.—On the 1st October, during thick weather, the police reported a vessel quite close to the shore and blowing continuously.

The life-boat coxswain with three other men put off in a motor boat. They found the passenger steamer Minden, which plies from Blackpool, but she was not in need of help.—Rewards, £1 ; and 5s. for use of boat.

Hartlepool, Durham.—The motor fish- ing boat Faithful, while fishing in I Hartlepool Bay on the morning of the 9th November, caught fire, when about one and a half miles South of Heugh Light. The motor fishing boat May, of which the life-boat coxswain was skipper, returning home with fish, went to her help and rescued her crew of four. The Faithful burnt herself out and sank.—Rewards, £2 10s.

New Brighton, Cheshire.—At about 3.30 P.M. on the 10th October, with a strong westerly breeze blowing, and a moderate sea running, the small yacht Wavecrest. of New Brighton, was seen to be in difficulties, and in danger of being swept against the Gladstone Dock wall. The life-boat coxswain and the chief motor mechanic put out in the life-boat's motor boarding boat and brought the Wavecrest and her crew of three to safety.—Rewards, 10s.

Teignmouth, Devon.—Just before mid- day on the 10th November two small rowing boats attempted to cross Teign- mouth Bar at low water in a ground swell. One boat was half filled by the swell, and the two men on board waved for help. The other boat, with only one man on board, waited to see if it could cross the bar. Two men put out in a motor boat, took off the man who was alone, and towed his boat in. The other boat got in unaided. The rescuers, whose boat bumped on the bar, in- curred some risk.—Rewards, 15s.; and 2s. 6d. for fuel.

December Meeting.

Bridlington, Yorkshire.— On the 9th October a pulling boat and a motor coble helped to save a steam drifter.— Rewards, £10 7s. 6d.; to make good damage, £2; and 5s. for fuel used.

(For a full account see page 17.) Southend - on - Sea, Essex. — At about 3.30 P.M. on the 27th October the yacht Jemina struck the Ridge Sands, Map- lins, and foundered. A strong freshen- ing westerly wind was blowing and the tide was ebbing strongly. The two men on the yacht took to their dinghy and tried to reach the fishing smack Mary Amelia, which was about a mile south of the Ridge Buoy, but had not shot her nets, owing to the weather.

Seeing that the yachtsmen were being carried out to sea, the two men on the fishing smack manned their skiff,went to to their help and brought them to the smack, which they only regained after an hour's strenuous pull. The skipper of the smack was drowned a few days later, being knocked overboard by the boom in a sudden squall.—Rewards, £2 ; the rescued also gave a reward.

Dungeness, Kent.—On the morning of the 28th October two visitors went fishing in a small boat, the weather at the time being fair. Later the wind freshened from the S.W. and the sea began to get choppy. The men tried to row their boat in, but failed, and made signals of distress. Their wives called the life-boat coxswain, who launched a motor fishing boat with two other men, and brought the small boat and the two visitors into safety.— Rewards, £1 10s.

Ardglass, Co. Down.—Two motor fish- ing boats took part in an unsuccessful search for an aeroplane on the 31st October.—Rewards, £8 5s. ; also 5s. to each boat for fuel. (For a full account see page 26.) Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—On the 9- 10th November a boat capsized, with the loss of nineteen lives. One man only escaped drowning. He attempted to save others and was himself saved by three men who put out in a boat when they heard his shouts.—Rewards, £2 2*. 6d. (For a full account of this service see page 26.) Eastbourne, Sussex.—A fishing boat helped to save another fishing boat and her crew of five on the 17th November.

—Rewards, £3; for repair of boat, £3 10s.; and 5s. for fuel used. (For a full account see page 24.) Hoylake, Cheshire.—Two men had bought a ship's life-boat at Birkenhead, and left for Mostyn, with only two oars, and no food on board. At about 7.30 P.M. on the 27th November they grounded on a sandbank between the sewer light and Spencer Spit. The sea was slight, with a light S.W. breeze. A man who was shrimping boarded the boat, and when she refloated on the rising tide piloted her to Hoylake, where the station officer of coastguard gave the men food and put them up for the night.—Rewards, 7s. 6d., and 3s.

to the coxswain of the life-boat station, who was on watch for two hours.

January Meeting.

Mundesley, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 30th August a man and a woman were bathing about a mile south of Bacton, when they were carried out to sea clinging to an inflated motor-tyre tube. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was slight. The bathers were picked up by a pulling boat from Bacton. The Cromer life-boat was also launched, and, at the request of the Mundesley coastguard, two men left their business of chair-letting, bathing and boating, and put out in a motor boat. Their help was not needed, but they were away for two hours.— Reward. £l for loss of business.

Courtown, Co. Wexford.—At about 8 P.M. on the 27th November the motor fishing boat St. Kearin, of Courtown Harbour, with four men on board, got into difficulties owing to failure of her engine. A strong N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the boat, which was then about two miles off the shore, was in danger of being blown out to sea. Signals of distress were burned and five fishermen put out in a 30-foot motor boat and towed the disabled boat into harbour.—Rewards, £5.

Fowey, Cornwall.—A fishing boat of Mevagissey rescued the crew of nine of the s.s. Orchis, on the 30th November.— Rewards, £2. (For a full account see page 27.) Pembroke.—Two men were out fishing in their 25-foot motor boat Grampian on the night of the 21st December in Milford Haven. A strong tide was running. The tiller of the boat snapped, and the man who was steering fell overboard. The boat then ran on a bank. By wading into the water up to his armpits, the other man managed to get the boat off, and went to the rescue of his companion, who was still swimming, but almost exhausted. He then managed to get the boat ashore.—Reward, 15s..