Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 11 A.M.

on the 17th February, 1939, the motor boat Sister Pat, belonging to Fleetwood, with two men on board, was seen by the second coxswain of the life-boat to be making distress signals. She was being driven by the wind and tide across the Pilling Sands opposite to the lifeboathouse.lifeboathouse.

A fresh S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea and rain.

The motor life-boat Frederick H. Pilley was launched at 11.15 A.M. She found the Sister Pat with her engines stopped by lack of fuel, dragging her anchor, and drifting into a dangerous position.

The life-boat towed her into harbour, arriving at 11.55 A.M. The rescued men expressed their thanks, and the angling club of which they were members made a donation to the Institution.

—Rewards, £8 13s..