Holy Island, Northumberland. - - At X.15 P.M. on the 19th July, 1939, a message was received from the Seahouses coastguard that distress signals had been heard from the direction of Longstone Lighthouse. A light easterly breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea and fog. The motor lifeboat Milburn was launched at 8.25 P.M. She found the s.s. Helmsdale, of Ipswich, loaded with 750 tons of cement, on passage from Greenhithe to Aberdeen, aground on the Crumstone Rock. The life-boat stood by for a while to see if the Helmsdale could be refloated, but as she was half sunk the captain decided to abandon her andthe-life-boat took on board her crew of eleven. She landed them at Seahouses and returned to her station at 7 A.M.— Rewards, £12 18s..