Ramsgate, Kent.—At 6.27 A.M. on the 16th September, 1938, the coastguard telephoned that the Brake Light-vessel had reported that the barge Oceanic, which was near her, had a man on board dangerously ill, and that the skipper wanted to get him ashore as soon as possible. There was no wind, and the sea was smooth. The temporary motor life-boat The Brothers waslaunched at 6.41 A.M., and found that the man had met with an accident and that his left thumb had been torn off.

She landed him at the harbour, where an ambulance was waiting, and returned to her station at 7.15 A.M.— Rewards, £5 8s..