At about noon on the 7th December the coastguard re- ported that the Cockle Lightvessel was firing signals to indicate that a vessel was in distress. A light W.S.W. breeze was blowing, and the sea was fairly smooth, but there was a dense fog. The pulling and sailing life-boat Charles Burton was launched at 12.10 P.M., and found the drifter Young Sam, of Yarmouth, stranded on the north end of Caister Shoal. At the request of the skipper she stood by until the drifter refloated, and returned to her station at 4.15 P.M.—Rewards, £21 18s..