At noon on the 19th October a message was received from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board offices that a vessel in the channel was dragging her anchors and making distress signals. A full W. by N. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and heavy rain squalls.

The No. 2 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston put out at 12.15 P.M., and found the s.s. Inga I, of Bergen, Norway, at anchor inside the training wall, near Crosby shore. The life-boat stood by, and later a tug and the Harbour Board's vessel Vigilant ar- rived. The life-boat then took a rope from the Inga I for towing, but neither the tug nor the Vigilant could come near enough to get it on board, on account of the heavy seas and the training wall. They returned to Liver- pool, but the life-boat continued to stand by, as the captain did not want to abandon his ship. Later on she took the pilot off the Inga I, but when it was impossible to remain near her any longer, owing to the falling tide, she made for home, reaching her station again at 6.50 P.M. The Inga I went aground on sand and next day was towed off by tugs and taken into dock. Additional monetary rewards were given to the life-boat crew for this long and arduous service.—Re- wards, £14 4s. 6d..