Padstow, Cornwall.—Early in the morning of the 19th January, 1938, the coastguard reported a boat near Stepper Point in a dangerous position. A moderate westerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell. Flares of distress were seen later and at 3.27 A.M. the No. 1 motor life-boat John and Sarah Eliza Stych put out. She found the French fishing vessel Rostellecois, of Camaret, which had been in tow of a Belgian trawler. She had anchored just clear of the broken water off Stepper Point. The tow had parted.

Her captain asked to be towed put to sea, but it would have been dangerous to attempt it, for if the tow-rope had parted the Rostellecois would have drifted on to the Doom Bar. The lifeboat, therefore, stood by, and afterthe Rostellecois's crew had got out a second anchor she rescued them and brought them ashore at 4 A.M.— Rewards, £15 10*.

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