Exmouth, Devonshire.—On the morning of the 21st January the coastguard telephoned that the Lyme Regis harbour- master had reported a vessel apparently adrift from her moorings.

He later reported that she had anchored off Lyme Regis and was in no immediate danger. She was the French ketch St.

Michael, carrying a crew of four, sheltering in West Bay after having met some bad weather. Just after nine that night the coastguard reported that she was burning flares for help.

A S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and the weather was thick, with sleet and rain. The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 9.20 P.M. Meanwhile the St. Michael had gone ashore and become a total wreck; her crew were rescued from shore. The coastguard tried to send the news to the life-boat, but visibility was so poor that the signals were not seen, and the life-boat searched for some hours. Finding nothing, she went to Beer Head, and there received the recall signal. She returned to her station at 8 A.M. on the 22nd after nearly eleven hours at sea. A letter of appreciation was sent to the branch, and an increase in the usual moneyaward on the standard scale was granted to each member of the crew.

—Rewards, £30 4s..