Flamborough, Yorkshire.—On the evening of the 25th January a message was received from Flamborough Head signal station that a vessel in Selwick Bay was sounding SOS. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate swell. The weather was intensely dark, with dense fog and pouring rain. The No. 1 motor lifeboat Elizabeth and Albina Whitley was launched at 7.50 P.M., and found the s.s. Greyfriars, of Newcastle, ashore about two hundred yards south of the head. The life-boat anchored, veered in, and fired a line across her. Her master did not want to leave her, but asked the life-boat to stand by. This she did until the steamer refloated, with help from the shore, at 6 A.M.

The life-boat then escorted her to a safe anchorage in the bay, and returned to her station at 7.40 A.M.—Rewards, £43 65. 9d..