Appledore, Devon.—During a thick fog in the early hours of the morning of the 18th of July, 1948, the motor ship Amstelstroom, of Amsterdam went aground on the rocky coast of Lundy Island. Her crew of eleven got ashore.

About four o'clock in the afternoon the coastguard asked the life-boat to go out the following day to bring the men from the island, and the motor life-boat The Brothers, on temporary duty at the station, left her moorings at 5.10 in the morning of the 19th. A strong westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The Dutch capfaiii' de- cided that only four of his crew should be taken off. The other seven would remain on the island to watch the ship.

With the four men, the life-boat re- turned to her station, arriving at half- past one that afternoon.—Rewards, £18 13*..