On the evening of the 29th October a resident of Pollet saw signals of distress in the Russell. News was passed to the life-boat station and the motor life-boat Queen Victoria put out at 7.50 P.M.

A moderate N.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat found the s.s. Lancashire, of Sunderland, at anchor one and a half miles S.E. of Platte Fougere lighthouse. She was bound from Guernsey to Blyth with a crew of eight, and her engine had failed. The life-boat stood by while temporary repairs were carried out, and began to escort her to St. Peter Port. The Lancashire's engines again broke down, so the life-boat towed her in. But for her help the steamer would have become a total loss. The life-boat returned to her station at 2.30 A.M. on the 30th.—Rewards, £14..