Hythe, Kent.—At 10.50 A.M. on the 2nd August it was reported verbally to the coxswain that a flare had been seen from a yacht. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat The Viscountess Wakefield was launched at 11.12 A.M., and came up with the yacht Tom Boy, of Newhaven, about one and a half miles off Sandgate. Her sails had been blown away. Two of her crew of three were taken into the life-boat, a life-belt was given to the skipper, who remained on board, and the yacht was then towed to Dover. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 4.15 P.M. The owner made a donation to the Institution.

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