Dungeness, Kent. — At about [11.30 M. on the 10th December, 1937,information was received from a local boatman that a steamer was aground off the No. 2 Station. A whole S.S.^T gale was blowing, with a very rough sea and heavy rain. The No. 2 motor life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched at 11.55 P.M. She found the s.s. Ford Fisher, of Barrow, loaded with cement for France and carrying a crew of eight. The life-boat found the steamer being swept by the heavy seas, but her crew did not wish to leave her, and the captain asked the life-boat to stand by. Eventually the Ford Fisher was driven right ashore and embedded in the sand and shingle.

When she was fast the life-boat anchored until daybreak, as the seas were too heavy for her to land. She returned ashore at seven next morning.

Later the steamer was towed off. This was an arduous service for the crew, and for the helpers, who, in the bitter wind and soaking rain, awaited the boat's return. An increase in the usual money award on the standard scale was granted to each member of the crew and to the helpers.—Standard rewards to crew and helpers, £33 5s. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew and helpers, £12 0*. 6d. Total rewards to crew and helpers, £45 6*..