St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—In the morn- ing of the 15th of September, 1948, a sudden north-easterly gale sprang up, two fishing boats were seen to be in difficulties about one and a half miles to the southward, and at 10.50 the motor life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest was launched in heavy driving rain and rough seas. She found the local motor fishing boat Caledonia with a crew of two, riding at anchor with her engines swamped, a quarter of a mile off shore, and close inshore the rowing boat Girl Pat, of St. Abbs, whose crew of two were unable to make headway against the wind and sea. The life-boat towed both boats into harbour, and returned to her station again at 11.25.—Rewards, £6 17*. 6d..