For which Rewards were given at the February and March Meetings of the Committee of Management.

February Meeting.

F~ Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — On the morning of the 8th January the fishing boat Sea Flower, with a crew of two, got into difficulties when returning from the fishing grounds, owing to a breakdown of her engine. A strong S.

gale was blowing, with a heavy swell.

The fishing boat Jeannies, with a crew of three, which was at sea, saw the Sea Flower's distress signals, went to her help and found her in a very dangerous position on the outside of the north arm of the Admiralty breakwater.

With some difficulty, and at consider- able risk, she got her in tow and took her safely into harbour.—Rewards, £3, and 2s. 6d. for fuel used.

Bridlington, Yorkshire. — On the afternoon of the 14th January it was reported that a vessel about three miles east of Bridlington was showing flares.

She was the local motor fishing coble Ross Castle, with eight people on board, fishing. Her engine had broken down, and she was unable to get in. The wind was freshening from the south, and there was a southerly swell.

Coxswain Welburn with three other men put off in a motor coble and assisted the Ross Castle back to Brid- lington.—Rewards, £2, and 2s. for fuel used.

Poolbeg, Co. Dublin.—At 4.30 P.M.

on the 20th January Coxswain Rackley saw a man lying on a mooring-buoy in the middle of the river, with seas washing over him. He had gone in a small boat to release a steamer's mooring-rope from the buoy, and his boat had drifted away. A moderate S.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The coxswain and four other men put off in a skiff and rowed a quarter of a mile to the buoy. The man, who was in an exhausted con- dition, was rescued and landed at 5.15 P.M.—Rewards, £2 10s., and 7s. 6d.

for an oar broken.

March Meeting.

Jaywick, Essex.—On the 3rd August three men in a motor boat rescued four people whose sailing dinghy had capsized.—Rewards : Framed letters of thanks to Messrs. J. E. Brett and E. C. Jackson—in place of money awards previously granted in September, 1936—-10s. to the other man, and 5s.

for fuel used.

(For a full account see The Life-boat for December, 1936, pages 170 and 179.) Boulmer, Northumberland. —• During the morning of the 22nd February the motor fishing yawl Honesty, with a crew of three, put out for the fishing grounds. When she had almost reached her nets her engine broke down and, as she only had a small mizzen sail for steadying purposes, she began to drift out to sea, helpless.

The depth of water made it impossible to anchor. A moderate N.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea.

The Honesty hoisted a signal, and it was seen by the Robert and Isabella, with a crew of three, which was fishing about half a mile away. She left her lines and towed the Honesty into the safety of Boulmer Haven.—Rewards, £l 10s., and 5s. for fuel used..