Moelfre, Anglesey.—6th December. At 6.20 P.M. a message was received from Point Lynas that the 3,000-ton Norwegian steamer Spurt was in distress in the Moelfre roads. A whole N. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and the weather was bitterly cold. The motor life-boat G.W. was launched at 6.30 P.M., but failed to find the steamer, which must have gone on her way.

The life-boat returned to her station at 11 P.M., but conditions were too bad to permit rehousing. Four men stayed on board and she went to moorings.

The weather still got worse, and at 5 A.M. on the 7th she ran to Beaumaris for shelter, returning to her station at 10 A.M. An increase in the usual money awards on the standard scale was granted to two of the four men who stayed on board the life-boat, and special money awards to the other two, the permanent paid coxswain and motor mechanic.—Rewards, £19 11s. 6d..