Ferryside, Carmarthenshire. — During the morning of the 28th August, 1938, a vessel under sail was seen beating up towards Cefn Sidan. A moderate N.

gale was blowing, with a moderate sea.

The vessel was seen to anchor in a bad position, for if the wind should changeto the west, she would be in great danger. She showed no distress signals, but the pulling and sailing life-boat Richard Ashley was launched at 11.8 A.M., with the honorary secretary, Mr.

G. E. Tregoning, on board. She found the vessel to be the auxiliary schooner James Postlethwaite, of Dublin, bound light from Youghal for Burry Port.

The schooner was in very shallow water, the tide was ebbing, and the coxswain and honorary secretary boarded her and warned the master to get into deeper water. In trying to do so she grounded, and the master asked the life-boat to get a pilot and then to stand by him until he refloated. The life-boat landed the honorary secretary with the message, and returned to the schooner. At about 5.30 P.M. the schooner refloated, the life-boat coxswain advised her about her course, and she went on her way. The lifeboat made for her station, but when about a mile off shore a message was signalled to her that the schooner appeared to be heading into danger again. She put about, but found that the schooner was heading safely for Burry Bar. It was about 10.45 P.M.

when the life-boat approached her station again, and her tired crew could not get in against the strong ebb tide.

She anchored and a motor yacht put out and towed her back to her station, where she arrived at 1.30 A.M. She had then been out for over fourteen hours.—An increase in the usual money award on the standard scale was granted to each member of the crew. Standard rewards to crew, £28 2s. 6d.; additional rewards to crew, £7105. Total rewards, £46 3s..