During September, life-boats went out on service 60 times and rescued 40 lives.

A BOY IN A RUBBER DINGHY Cromer, Norfolk.—During the morning of the 2nd of September, 1948, the engines of the No. 1 life-boat Henry Blogg were being tested as she lay at moorings. At half past eleven the coxswain noticed a small boy being carried out to sea in a rubber dinghy, and the Henry Blogg immediately put out in a squally south-westerly breeze with a moderate swell. She reached the dinghy three-quarters of a mile away, rescued the boy, and returned to her station, arriving at a quarter past twelve.—Rewards, £11. 2s. 6d.

A TRAWLER ON THE ROCKS Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 4.10 in the morning of the 4th of September, 1948, information was received that a trawler, which had gone ashore at Saddle Point, was blowing her syren and burning flares, and the motor lifeboat White Star was launched at 4.55.

A moderate northerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The life-boat found the steam trawler Ephratah, of Milford Haven, with a crew of seven, hard on the rocks. With difficulty she anchored, got alongside her, and took off the seven men. She arrived back in the harbour at 7 o'clock. The trawler was later refloated and towed clear by a motor boat.—Rewards, £17. 95.

ACCIDENT ON BOARD A STEAMER St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 6.48 a.m. in the morning of the 4th of September, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Moyallon, of Belfast, lying in St. Ives Bay, had signalled that an accident had occurred on board, and the motor life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched at 7.19, with a doctor and ambulance man. A north-north-west gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The injured man was found to have fractured his pelvis and the life-boat brought him ashore at 7.30.—Rewards, £14. 2s.

FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM Torbay, Devon.—At 1.55 in the afternoon of the 6th of September, 1948, the Brixham coastguard telephoned that a motor cruiser was on fire three-quarters of a mile southsouth- west of Berry Head, and the motor life-boat George Shee was launched at 2.10 in a light north-northwest breeze with a calm sea. She found the motor cruiser Cartaret. The engine-room had caught fire and the owner and another man had taken to their dinghy. The life-boat took them on board and towed the Cartaret to St. Mary's where she was beached, arriving back at her station at 4.25.— Rewards, £4. 4s. 6d.

YACHTS' ENGINES BROKEN DOWN Ramsey, We of Man.—At 8.40 in the evening of the 8th of September, 1948, the coastguard reported that the yacht Seamew, of Ramsey, with a crew of two, had left for Douglas that afternoon and had not arrived. The motor lifeboat Lady Harrison was launched at 9.25 in a moderate west-south-west wind with a smooth sea. She found the Seamew four miles north-east of Ramsey harbour, drifting northwards with her engine broken down, and towed her to Ramsey, arriving at 2 o'clock the following morning.—Rewards, £22.

Clovelly, Devon.—About 4 o'clock in the morning of the 10th of September, 1948, the Hartland Point coastguard telephoned that a flare had been seen, and the motor life-boat City of Nottingham was launched at 4.15 in a moderate southerly breeze with a smooth sea.

She found the auxiliary motor yacht Sea Bird, of London, two miles northnorth- east of Hartland Point, with two on board. They were bound from Ilfracombe to Poole and their engine had broken down. The lifeboat towed them to Clovelly, arriving at 6.20.—Rewards, £21. 4s.

DRIFTER AGROUND IN A GALE Way, Inner Hebrides.—At 4.45 in the morning of the 10th of September, 1948, the Southend coastguard telephoned that the Portpatrick radio station had reported the steam drifter Abide, of Peterhead, bound for the Clyde, aground in the Sound of Islay, and the motor life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth was launched at 5.30. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The life-boat found the drifter at Glas Eilean, and her crew of nine about to abandon her. She passed a line to the drifter and with great difficulty succeeded in towing her into deep water. The drifter's rudder was damaged and the life-boat escorted her to Caol Ila pier, helped her to make fast and returned to her station again at 10 o'clock.—Property Salvage Case.

FRENCH TRAWLER RESCUED FROM HAISBOROUGH SANDS Cromer, Norfolk.—At 11.22 -on the night of the 10th of September, 1948, the coastguard reported that the Humber Radio Station had intercepted a message from the French motor trawler Georges Langanay, of Fe'camp. She was on the Haisborough Sands and her crew of nineteen were about to abandon ship. The No. 1 motor life-boat Henry Blogg was launched at 11.40 in a light southsouth- west wind and a calm sea. She reached the trawler at 1.40 next morning and found her aground one and a half miles east by. south of. the Middle' Haisborough Buoy. Her engine- room was flooded, but her crew still aboard. A tug arrived and the life-boat piloted her across the sands and passed a rope from her to the trawler, but it parted. At six that morning the tug went to Yarmouth to fetch pumps, and the life-boat put them aboard the trawler, but they were unable to cope with the water.

If the wind got up the position of the trawler would soon be desperate, so a call by radio telephone was sent to the coxswain of the No. 2 motor life-boat Harriot Dixon for the help of National Fire Service pumps, and at 7.10 in the evening the Harriot Dixon was launched with two pumps on board, three members of the Fire Service, and the honorary secretary of the life-boat station, Major Peter Hansell. She reached the sands at 10 o'clock and the pumping was so successful that about 2.30 in the morning of the 12th, the tug was able to move the trawler. An hour later the Harriot Dixon left for her station, after transferring Major Hansell to the Henry Blogg. Several times the tow parted, but by the combined efforts of the life-boat and tug the trawler was got clear of the sands about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The tug then took her in tow and made for Yarmouth.

On the way the trawler's boat broke adrift. The life-boat recovered it, but it broke adrift again and sank. The wind was freshening from the south, but at 7.30 that evening the three vessels arrived off Yarmouth. A fresh breeze was now blowing, and the tug had great difficulty in getting .the trawler into harbour, but with the help of the life-boat, which hung on to the ' trawler's stern, she accomplished it at 9 o'clock that night, the 12th of September.

The Harriot Dixon arrived back at her station at 5.50 in the morning of the 12th of September and the Henry Blogg returned from Yarmouth on the afternoon of the 14th.—• Property Salvage Case.

ANOTHER YACHT'S ENGINE BROKEN DOWN Caister, Norfolk.—At 6.15 in the evening of the llth of September, 1948, the Great Yarmouth coastguard telephoned that a yacht was on the Barber Sands flying her flag upside down, and the motor life-boat Jose Neville was launched at 6.30, in a light southwesterly breeze with a smooth sea.

She found the motor yacht Switha, of Inverness, with four men aboard and her engine broken down. The life-boat towed her to Yarmouth and arrived back at her station at 9.50 that night.— Rewards, £16 5s. 6d.

ANOTHER INJURED SEAMAN Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At half past three in the afternoon of the 12th of September, 1948, the coastguard reported that the Portpatrick Radio Station had signalled that the tug Warrior, of Glasgow, about three miles east-north-east of Ramsey Harbour, had an injured man on board, and the motor life-boat Lady Harrison was launched half an hour later with a doctor. A fresh northerly wind was blowing, with moderate sea. It was not necessary to land the injured man, and the life-boat reached her station again with the doctor at five o'clock.— Rewards, £3.

LASHED TO THE MAST Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.41 in the morning of the 13th of September, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the sailing barge British Oak, of London, had sunk on the Buxey Sands.

Her two masts could be seen. The motor life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was launched at 10 o'clock, in a strong north-west wind with a heavy swell.

She found the two members of the barge's crew lashed to the mizzen mast.

They were exhausted, for they had been exposed to heavy rain throughout the previous night and had burned clothes soaked in paraffin as a signal of distress, but the bad visibility had prevented the signal from being seen. The lifeboat rescued the men and returned to her station at 12.15 that afternoon.— Rewards, £11 3*. 6d.

BELGIAN TRAWLER TOWED IN Lowestoft, Suffolk. — At 8.57 on the night of the 13th of September, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was making lamp signals and burning flares about six miles to the south-south-east, and the motor lifeboat Michael Stephens left her moorings at a quarter past nine in a slight swell and a south-westerly breeze. She found the motor trawler Roger, of Nieuport, Belgium, with her engines broken down, and towed her to the harbour, returning to her station at 11 o'clock.—Property Salvage Case.

SCHOONER IN A HEAVY SEA Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 8.10 in the morning of the 15th of September, 1948, the police telephoned that a vessel was firing distress signals about one mile off Bangor, and at 8.55 the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 was launched. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The lifeboat found the schooner Antelope, of Wexford, in distress one mile north of Bangor pier. She took off her crew of five and arrived back at her station at 11.30. The weather improved, and about 6.30 in the evening the skipper of the Antelope asked the life-boat to take him and his crew out again as the weather had now moderated. As the schooner, where she was anchored, was a danger to shipping, the life-boat took out the five men, put them on board and returned to her station again at 9 o'clock.—Rewards: First Service, £8 14*.; Second Service, £7 5*.

TWO FISHING BOATS TOWED IN St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—In the morning 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.

IN DANGER OFF THE LITTLE ORME Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. —• At 10.44 in the morning of the 15th of September, 1948, the Rhyl coastguard telephoned that a fishing vessel in Penrhyn Bay was driving ashore, and the motor life-boat Thomas and Annie Wade Richards was launched at half past eleven. A north-westerly gale was blowing with a rough sea. The lifeboat found the fishing boat Yap, of Conway, three miles off the Little Orme, escorted her through the heavy seas to the Menai Straits and then returned to her station, arriving at half past three that afternoon.—Rewards, £21 2*. 6d.

BARGE ADRIFT IN ROUGH SEAS New Brighton, Cheshire. — During the early afternoon of the 15th of September, 1948, the Hoy lake coastguard reported that a barge had broken away from her tug in Liverpool Bay and had anchored, but was dragging towards the Burbo Bank, and at 1.45 the barge was reported to have made distress signals. The No. 1 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston left her moorings at a quarter past two, in a squally northerly gale with very rough seas, and found the barge Tatam II, with a crew of eight, half a miie northwest of the No. 1 R. Black Buoy. The life-boat took off the eight men and returned to her station, arriving at 4 o'clock. The barge was eventually towed to Brunswick Dock. The owners made a donation to the Institution.— Rewards, £5 15*.

CAUGHT BY A SUDDEN STORM Whitby, Y o r k s h i r e . — During the afternoon of the 15th of September, 1948, a sudden storm sprang up and the local fishing fleet returned to harbour, but the motor fishing coble Helena did not arrive, and about 3.45 the coastguard telephoned that she was two miles to the northward. The No. 1 motor life-boat Mary Ann Hepworih was launched at once, in a strong northerly breeze with a rough sea, passed life-belts to the Helena's crew, and escorted the coble into harbour, arriving back at her station at half past four.—Rewards, £6 7.9. 6d.

ANOTHER FISHING BOAT TOWED IN Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. — Shortly before 6 o'clock in the morning of the 16th of September, 1948, a message was received from the coastguard that the motor fishing boat Bluebell, of Port Seton, had broken down nine miles to the north-east, and at six o'clock the motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan was launched, in a fresh westerly wind with a rough sea. She found the fishing boat eleven miles south-south-east of Fifeness with a crew of seven, towed her into Dunbar harbour and returned to her station at 11 o'clock.—Property Salvage Case.

CARRIED OUT TO SEA Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.— At 11.33 in the morning of the 17th of September, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a small motor boat with two men on board was drifting out to sea, and the motor life-boat J and W was launched at 11.36 in a fresh and squally south-westerly wind with a moderate sea. She came up with the motor boat, towed her into harbour, and returned to her station again at one o'clock that afternoon.—Rewards, £7 4*.

ADRIFT IN A MOTOR BOAT Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 1.20 in the morning of the 18th of Saptember, 1948, the Bangor coastguard telephoned that a trawler had wirelessed that she had picked up two men, who had been adrift in a motor boat, and asked for the life-boat to land them. The motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 was launched at 1.35, in a strong westerly breeze with a choppy sea, found the trawler Flanders two miles off-shore, and brought in the two men and their boat, arriving at her station at 3 o'clock.

—Rewards, £5 5*.

DINGHY BLOWN OUT TO SEA Walton and Frinton, Essex.—In the early afternoon of the 19th of September, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a man had gone out in a rowing boat, to tow in a dinghy which had blown out to sea, was unable to make headway and was getting exhausted, and at half past one the motor life-boat E.M.E.D. left her moorings in a light west-south-westerly breeze with a choppy sea. She found that the man had given up his attempt to tow and had made for the shore, so she took the dinghy in tow and returned to her station at 3.45. The owner of the dinghy made a donation and the man in the rowing boat expressed his thanks.

—Rewards, £10 15*.

OUT OF FUEL Ramsgate, Kent. — At 8.50 in the morning of the 20th of September, 1948, the coastguard reported that a yacht three miles to the north-northwest was flying a two-flag signal and appeared to have stopped in an unusual position. The motor life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 8.58, in a moderate north-westerly breeze with a moderate sea, and found the auxiliary yacht Mascotte, of London, with a crew of four. She had run out of fuel and had anchored. Three life-boatmen boarded her and the life-boat took her in tow, arriving back at her station at 10.55.

—Property Salvage Case.—Rewards, 13s. 6d.

BROKEN DOWN WITH A CREW OF SEVEN Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—At 4.30 in the afternoon of the 20th of September, 1948, the coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat Bluebell, of Port Seton, with a crew of seven, had broken down nine miles to the north-east, and the motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan was launched at 4.45, in a moderate north-westerly breeze with a choppy sea. She took the Bluebell in tow, and arrived back at her station at 8.20 that evening.— Rewards, £8 Is.

A SEARCH FOR FIVE BOYS Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, and Anstruther,, Fifeshire.—At 7.30 in the evening of the 26th of September, 1948, the Musselburgh police telephoned to the Dunbar life-boat station that a sailing boat with five boys on board had been driven out to sea and had last been seen off Inchkeith. The Dunbar motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan left her moorings fifteen minutes later.

A south-westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. About 8 o'clock the coastguard at Anstruther telephoned a similar message to the Anstruther lifeboat station, but owing to the vagueness of the information the motor life-boat Nellie and Charlie was'not launched at once. At midnight a further message was received, and she was launched at 12:25 on the 27th. Meanwhile, the George and Sarah Strachan had made a wide search, but found nothing. She called at Leith for news, but was told that the boat had not been seen and continued the search. It was not until nearly 3 o'clock in the morning that the Nettie and Charlie found the sailing boat about three miles south-east of Methil. She rescued the five boys, gave them food, and with their boat in tow, returned to Anstruther, where she arrived at five o'clock that morning.

The Dunbar life-boat was recalled by wireless and reached her station at 5.45.— Rewards: Dunbar, £18 13s.; Anstruther, £16 6s.

The following life-boats went out on service but could find no ships in distress, were not needed or could do nothing : Islay, Inner Hebrides. — September 1st.— Rewards, £22 6s.

Holyhead, Anglesey. — September 1st.

— Rewards, £4 10s.

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. — September 1st. — Rewards, £7 16s.

Margate, Kent. — September 2nd. — Rewards, £23 13s.

Walmer, Kent. — September 2nd. — Rewards, £16.

Sennen Cove, Cornwall. — September 3rd.— Rewards, £34 5s.

Dover, Kent; — September 3rd. — Property Salvage Case.

Aberystwytb, Cardiganshire. — September 3rd. — Rewards, £28 19s.

A LONG SEARCH Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.— At 11.10 on the night of the 3rd of September, 1948, a message came from The Mumbles, through Burnham Radio, that a small boat, with two men on board, was drifting in distress toward the Mixen Shoal, off Mumbles Head, and the motor life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans -was • launched at 11.45. : She searched for twelve hours in a strong, squally north-west wind with a rough sea, but found nothing, and returned to her station a quarter of an hour before noon the following day. — Rewards, £26 5s.

Dover, Kent. — September 4th. — Property Salvage Case.

Tenby, Pembrokeshire. — September 4th.— Rewards, £28 15s. 6d.

Dfracombe, Devon. — September 4th.

—Rewards, £25 2s. 6d.

Margate, Kent. — September 4th. — Rewards, £10 11s. 6d.

Cromer, Norfolk. — September 4th. — Rewards, £16 19s.

Weymouth, Dorset. — September 5th.

— Rewards, £8 Is.

Swanage, Dorset.—September 7th.— Rewards, £15 Is.

Dfracombe, Devon.—September 9th.

—Rewards, £18 2s. 6d.

Portrush, Co. Antrim. — September llth.—Rewards, £7 2s. 6d.

Fowey, Cornwall.—September 12th.

—Rewards, £7 12s.

Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—September 13th.—Rewards, £6 7n.

Minehead, Somerset.—September 13th.

—Rewards, £9 Is. 6d.

Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork.—September 15th, —Rewards, £22 5s.

Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.—September 15th.—Rewards, £5 5s.

Newhaven, Sussex.—September 15th.

—Rewards, £8 11s.

St. Helier, Jersey.—September 15th.

—Rewards, £11 7s.

Selsey, Sussex.— September 18th.— Rewards, £11.

Dungeness, Kent. — September 18th.

—Rewards, £19 13s.

Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—September 22nd.—Rewards, £10 8s.

St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—September 22nd.—Rewards, £5 5s.

Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. — September 23rd.—Rewards, £10 5s.

Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—September 25th.—Rewards, £8 18s. 6d.

Whitby, Yorkshire.—September 27th.

—Rewards, £5 13s.

Wells, Norfolk. — September 27th.— Rewards, £27 15s.

OCTOBER During October life-boats went out on service 32 times and rescued 29 lives.

CLINGING TO UPTURNED DINGHY Ramsgate, Kent. — At 8.15 in the evening of the 1st of October, 1948, cries for help could be heard off the pier, and at 8.27 the motor life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a light southwesterly breeze with a smooth sea.

About two hundred yards outside the harbour she found a rowing boat which had rescued one of two men who had been flung into the sea when their dinghy had capsized. The life-boat searched for the other man, using her searchlight, and found him threequarters of a mile to the southward clinging to the upturned dinghy. She rescued him, picked up the dinghy, and returned to her station where the man was put into a waiting ambulance at 9 o'clock.—Rewards, £8 12s. 6d.

ANOTHER ENGINE BROKEN DOWN Hastings, Sussex.—At 12.20 in the afternoon of the 2nd of October, 1948, the Fairlight coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat at anchor, three and a half miles to the eastward, was signalling for help. The motor life-boat Cyril and Lilian Bishop was launched at 12.38, in a moderate south-westerly breeze with a moderate sea, and found the local fishing boat Susan Anne, with a crew of three. Her engine had broken down. The life-boat towed her to Hastings, arriving back at her station at 1.55.—Rewards, £34 11s. 6d.

YACHTSMAN LOST AT SEA ALL NIGHT Weymouth, Dorset.—At 9.30 on the night of the 2nd of October, 1948, the local sailing club telephoned that the club secretary had gone out for a sail at 4 o'clock that afternoon in his yacht Glebe, but had not been seen since, and at 9.45 the motor life-boat Hearts of Oak, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. The sea was smooth, with a slight breeze, but there was fog.

Using her searchlight, the life-boat searched widely, but found nothing, and returned to her station at 12.30 the next morning. At 6.30 she again put out, and this time found the Glebe off Mupe Rocks, Lulworth, and towed her to Weymouth, arriving back at her station at 10.30.—Rewards, £19 4s.

TO THE HELP OF A TUG Margate, Kent.—At 1.15 i n the afternoon of the 5th of October, 1948, a tug with a yacht in tow was seen five miles to the northward, making little headway, and at 2.30 the coastguard telephoned that she appeared to have broken down and was driving on to the sands. The motor life-boat Lord Southborough, Civil Service No. 1 was launched at 2.50. The north-easterly breeze was moderate, but the sea rough. The life-boat found the tug Beaulieu, of Southampton, with a crew of three, anchored three and a half miles to the north-north-east. A steam-pipe was broken, her bilge pumps would not work and she was listing heavily. The life-boat stood by while repairs were made and arrived back at her station at 5 o'clock.-—Rewards, £12 19s. 6d.

YACHT DRAGGING TOWARDS THE ROCKS Dover, Kent.—At one in the morning of the 6th of October, 1948, the Eastern Arm Signal Station reported that a yacht was making S.O.S. signals in Langdon Bay,, and at 1.20 the motor life-boat J. B. Proudfoot was launched.

The south-easterly breeze was light, but there was a swell. The life-boat found the yacht Warragaburra, of London, with a crew of two, at anchor. Her engine had broken down. She was rolling heavily and was dragging towards the rocks. A life-boatman boarded her to help secure a tow rope and weigh the anchor, and the life-boat then towed her to the harbour, arriving back at her station at 3 o'clock.—Property Salvage Case.

ANOTHER YACHT TOWED IN Exmouth, Devon.—At 8.29 in the evening of the 8th of October, 1948, the coastguard reported a message from the Budleigh Salterton police that a yacht was about a hundred yards off Budleigh Salterton beach in a heavy swell, and the motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 8.45.

A moderate south-easterly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat found the auxiliary ketch Cresta, bound for Salcombe, three miles south of Budleigh Salterton.

She was running short of petrol and some of her rigging had parted. Her crew of four, one of whom had crushed his thumb, asked the life-boat to take them in, tow. This was done, and the Cresta was moored in Exmouth Bight.

The life-boat landed the injured man, and arrived back at her station at 12.40 the next morning.—Property Salvage Case.

REFLOATING A COAL VESSEL Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—About 9.30 on the night of the 9th of October, 1948, a vessel was seen to enter Dungarvan Harbour, at full speed and run aground on Whitehouse Bank. She was not seen to signal, but telephone messages from Dungarvan and Ballinacourty said that she needed help, and the motor life-boat H. F.

Bailey was launched at 9.45. A strong southerly breeze was blowing, with heavy seas. The life-boat found the motor vessel Fennel, laden with coal, put three men on board and then went into deeper water. The Fennel was pounding heavily and her derricks had cast loose, but the three life-boatmen were able to refloat her and took her to an anchorage off Helvick pier. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 1.15 the next morning. The owners of the steamer sent £50.—Rewards, £12 16s.

FRENCH FISHING BOAT SUNK Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—At 4.35 in the morning of the llth of October, 1948, the coastguard reported a message from the British steamer Woodlark that she had collided with and sunk the fishing vessel Saphir, of Camaret, three miles north-west of Longships, and that she had picked up one survivor of the boat's crew of six. The motor life-boat Susan Ashley could not be launched at once, owing to the state of the tide, but she got away at 5.39. A light southwesterly breeze was blowing, with a slight swell, and there was mist. The life-boat found the Woodlark eight miles north-west of the Longships and helped in the search for the five missing men, but found nothing except an empty upturned dinghy and wreckage. At the request of the Woodlark the life-boat transferred the survivor to another French fishing boat and then returned to her station, arriving at 11 o'clock.

The French Consul at Southampton sent his thanks.—Rewards, £20 4*.

EXHAUSTED WITH PUMPING Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At three in the morning of the 12th of October, 1948, the owner of the fishing smack Albert, of Boston, reported that the smack was to the southward, leaking, and in difficulties, and the motor life-boat Anne Allen was launched at 3.10. A light south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The life-boat found the fishing boat two and a half miles south of Gibraltar Point, her crew exhausted with pumping for many hours. She went alongside and some of the life-boatmen took over the pumping. At daylight the life-boat took the Albert in tow and made for Boston, with the men working the pumps throughout the journey. She berthed the fishing boat in Boston Docks, and returned to. her station, arriving at 5.10 that afternoon. The owner made a donation to the Institution.

—Rewards, £41 14s.

PROPELLER SHAFT BROKEN Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. — At two in the afternoon of the 14th of October, 1948, information was received that the motor trawler Melrose, of Kilmore, had broken her propeller shaft and was drifting towards the shore two and a half miles east by south of Dunmore Lighthouse. The motor life-boat Annie Blanche Smith was launched at 2.20, in a strong westerly breeze with a rough sea, found the trawler, with a crew of four, anchored, but with the anchors dragging, and towed her to harbour, arriving back at her station at 3.25. Rewards, £7.

BECALMED YACHTS A DANGER TO SHIPPING Tynemouth, Northumberland.—At six in the evening of the 16th of October, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that two sailing yachts were becalmed in fog,jone to the north of the pier and the other to the south, and that they were a danger to shipping, so the motor lifeboat Tynesider was launched at 6.30.

She found the sailing yacht Narwhal south of the pier, advised the skipper to anchor and went in search of the other yacht. She found her, the lolanthe, one mile north-east of the pier, took her in tow, returned to the Narwhal, took her in tow also, and moored both yachts in the harbour, arriving back at her station at 7.47. The owner of the lolanthe sent a donation to the Institution.

—Rewards, £10 6s.

BARGE TOWED IN Ramsgate, Kent. — At 12.55 in the afternoon of the 17th of October, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a small barge was flying a signal and drifting to the north-east, half a mile offshore.

The motor life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 1.5, in a moderate southwesterly breeze, with a moderate sea, and found the auxiliary barge Arctic Dawn, with a crew of three, off Dumpton Gap. Her fuel pipes were choked and she was at anchor, but dragging. The life-boat towed her to the harbour and arrived back at her station at 2.8.-— Rewards, £8 13s.

SMALL BOATS BROKEN DOWN IN A ROUGH SEA Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 6.5 in the evening of the 17th of October, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a ship had reported two small vessels in distress and signalling for help, one and a half miles north-east of Blacktail Spit Buoy, and the motor life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3, was launched at 6.25. A strong southwesterly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat found an exnaval assault boat broken down with another in tow. Two men and a boy were in the boats, but although they were cold and hungry they would not leave them, so the life-boat towed both boats to the pier, arranged for refreshments for the men and the boy, and arrived back at her station at 9.30 that night.-—Property Salvage Case.

STANDING BY A STRANDED TRAWLER Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. — At 12.45 in the morning of the 20th of October, 1948, the steam trawler Barry Castle, of Swansea, left Castlebay harbour, but a quarter of an hour later she ran aground at the entrance. She blew her steam whistle, and at 1.20 the motor life-boat Lloyd's was launched. A strong north-westerly breeze was blowing with a rough sea. The life-boat stood by the Barry Castle for over five hours until she refloated on the rising tide. She did not appear to be damaged, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 6.45.—Rewards, £15.

ENGINE FAILED IN A GALE St. Abbs, Berwickshire.—At 7.20 in the evening of the 20th of October, 1948, the Eyemouth harbour-master reported that the local motor fishing boat Emulate was overdue. A fishing boat's lights could be seen to the north of St. Abbs Head Signal Station and at 7.30 the motor life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest was launched. A moderate westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat found the fishing boat four miles north by east of St. Abbs Head, anchored to a seine net, with her engine broken down.

She had a crew of five. The life-boat towed her to St. Abbs and reached her station again at 9.35.—Rewards, £10 4s.

DRIVING ASHORE IN A GALE Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 6.35 in the morning of the 25th of October, 1948, the Wick Coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Cantick Head, of Leith, was driving ashore in Thurso bay, and at 7.10 the motor life-boat H.C.J. was launched. A strong northerly gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. On her way to the steamer, the life-boat passed the steam trawler Semnos, of Aberdeen, which said that her engine had broken down. The life-boat found the Cantick Head with her anchors down in broken water. She had a crew of ten, and was bound for Scrabster, loaded with cement. The life-boat escorted her into clearer water, then she put a man on board, accompanied her to Scrabster Harbour, and helped to berth her. She arrived back at her station at 10 o'clock, but the crew stood by until the Semnos berthed at 3 o'clock that afternoon. The owners of the Cantick Head sent their thanks to the station and 20 guineas.-—Rewards, £16 7s.

IN DANGER OF SWAMPING Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. — At 1.45 in the afternoon of the 25th of October, 1948, the harbour-master telephoned that a small yawl, under sail, was about six miles out to sea and appeared to be in difficulties. A squally north-westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat H. F.

Bailey was launched at two o'clock and found the fishing yawl to be the Seagull, of Helvick, with a crew of two. She was in danger of being swamped. The life-boat rescued the two men and, with the Seagull in tow, made for her station, arriving at 4.30.-—Rewards, £9 15s. 6d.

RESCUED FROM HALF A SHIP Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—At 8.15 in the morning of the 26th of October, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the tug Superman asking for the life-boat to take four men off a sinking hulk three miles south of the Longships Lighthouse. The motor life-boat Susan Ashley was launched at 8.33. The northerly breeze was moderate, but there was a heavy ground swell. The life-boat found the fore-part of the S.S. Empire Flamingo with four men on board. She had broken away from the tugs Superman and Airman, while being taken, from Arromanches to Newport for breaking up. She was foundering in the heavy seas. The lifeboat rescued the four men and made for Newlyn. On the way she received a wireless message that the hulk had sunk. She landed the rescued men at Newlyn and returned to her station, arriving at 1.10 that afternoon.— Rewards, £21 4s.

ENGINE SWAMPED BY HEAVY SEAS Wicklow.—At 11.5 in the morning of the 27th of October, 1948, a boat was seen to be in difficulties and flying a distress signal two miles south-west of Newcastle Point, and the motor life-boat Lady Kylsant was launched at 11.15.

A south-easterly gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The life-boat found the motor fishing boat Seal,, of Dublin, with a crew of four, drifting.

Her engine had been swamped by the heavy seas. The life-boat passed a line to her and towed .her into Wicklow harbour, reaching her station again at 12.35 in the afternoon.—Rewards, £10 2s.

The following life-boats went out on service but could find no ships in distress, were not needed or could do nothing.

Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—October 3rd.—Rewards, £22 5s.

Cromartv.—October 3rd.—Rewards, £14 5s.

Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. — October 5th.—Rewards, £14 5s.

LIBERTY BOAT CAPSIZES Wey mouth, Dorset.—At 11.35 on the night of the 17th of October, 1948, the Portland Naval Base telephoned that a liberty boat returning to H.M.S.

Illustrious, lying in Portland harbour, had sunk near the ship and that many men were in the sea, and at 11.50 the motor life-boat William and Clara Ryland was launched. A southerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea.

The life-boat and other boats searched the water for survivors, and then, at the request of the Illustrious, the lifeboat searched the two breakwaters for men who might have been washed on to them. Three life-boatmen landed on the breakwaters but found nothing.

All that the life-boat picked up was some wreckage, life-buoys and clothing.

These she handed over to the Illustrious and returned to her station, arriving at 5.15 the next morning. One midshipman and twenty-eight men had lost their lives.—Rewards, £14 5s.

New Brighton, Cheshire.—October 19th.

—Rewards, £9 5s.

Ramsey, Isle of Man.—October 21st.

—Rewards, £19 18s.

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—October 22nd.—Rewards, £10 Os. 6d.

Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.—October 27th.—Rewards, £11 12s.

Tynemouth, Northumberland.—October 28th.—Rewards, £14 8s.

Clovelly, Devon.—October 29th.—Rewards, £18 5s.

Wick, Caithness-shire.—October 29th.

—Rewards, £6 16s.

Walton and Frinton, Essex.—October 29th.—Rewards, £11 15s.

STEERING ROD BROKEN Bridlington, Yorkshire. — At 9.45 in the morning of the 30th of October, 1948, a fishing vessel off the pier was seen to burn a flare, and at 10.15 the motor life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield, was launched. She found the local motor fishing vessel La Mariole, with her rudder steering rod broken. The life-boat brought a man ashore with the rod to get it repaired, stood by the vessel, and then took the man back with the repaired rod. La Mariole then went on her way, and the life-boat returned to her station at 11.45.—Rewards, £10 13s. 6d.

NOVEMBER During November life-boats went out on service 57times and rescued four lives.

FISHING BOAT'S ENGINE FAILED Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 5.15 in the morning of the 1st of November, 1948, a vessel was seen to be signalling by searchlight. The coastguard signalled her and she replied with red flares. A south-westerly gale was blowing, with a moderate sea. The No. 1 motor life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 6.18 and found the motor fishing boat Provider, with a crew of six, three miles to the north-east. Her engine had broken down. The lifeboat towed her to the harbour and arrived back at her station at 7.30.— Rewards, £8 4s.

PROPELLER FOULED BY TRAWL Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford.—At six o'clock in the evening of the 5th of November, 1948, red flares were seen to the south-south-east, and the motor life-boat Ann Isabella Pyemont was launched at 6.40 in a strong, squally west-south-west breeze with a ground swell. She found the local fishing boat Lanho with a crew of four, at anchor twelve miles to the south-south-east.

Her propeller had been fouled by a trawl. Her anchor too was fouled and in heaving it up she had broken her winch. The life-boat shone her searchlight on the Lanho, at the request of the skipper, while she struggled with her anchor, but she could not get it clear and cut the cable. Then she swung broadside to the sea. It carried her down on to the life-boat, which was slightly damaged. The life-boat took her in tow and made for harbour, arriving back at her station at 11.22 that night.—Rewards, £30 3s.

ICELANDIC TRAWLER ON THE ROCKS Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 9.20 in the evening of the 6th of November, 1948, information was received that the motor trawler Eldborg, of Borgarnes, Iceland, had grounded half a mile south of Ardnamurchan, and the motor lifeboat Sir Arthur Rose left her moorings at 10 o'clock and in a fresh southeasterly breeze with a moderate ground swell. She found the trawler pounding on a rock. She also had a list. But her crew of fourteen would not abandon her. The life-boat took soundings and, at the skipper's request, stood by.

Then the tug Enforcer arrived and tried to get the trawler clear, but the tow-rope parted. A second attempt was made at 9.30 the next morning and this time the Eldborg was refloated, damaged and leaking. The tug took the trawler in tow and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at one o'clock in the afternoon of the 7th.

—Rewards, £37 Os. 6d.

HEAVY SEAS IN THE HARBOUR ENTRANCE Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 7th of November, 1948, the local fishing boat Courage, with a crew of five, was overtaken by bad •weather. The sea was rough in the bay and at the harbour entrance, and when, just before noon, the coastguard reported that the Courage was approaching, the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched. A strong east-southeast breeze was then blowing, with heavy breaking seas. The life-boat found the Courage three miles northeast of Castle Hill, escorted her in, and arrived back at her station at 1.30 that afternoon.—Rewards, £15 16s. 6d.

ESCORTING IN THE FISHING BOATS North Sunderland, Northumberland.— About noon on the 8th of November, 1948, several of the fishing boats returned to harbour. The northwesterly breeze was light, but there was a very heavy swell at the harbour entrance, and they had difficulty in getting in. The weather got worse, and when the fishing coble Boy's Own returned at 12.45, the motor life-boat W.R.A. was launched and escorted her in. She then made for Beadnell, but there found that all the fishing boats from that harbour had returned safely.

There were still two boats from North Sunderland at sea, the Speedwell and the Cluaran, and the life-boat remained ready in the harbour until they appeared at five o'clock. She escorted them in and returned to her station at 5.20.— Rewards, £28 2s.

LONDON STEAMER FOUNDERED Arbroath, Broughty Ferry, and Montrose, Angus.—At 12.50 in the afternoon of the 10th of November, 1948, the Arbroath coastguard telephoned the Arbroath life-boat station that the S.S. El Ciervo, of London, had reported that she had picked up three men of the crew of ten of the S.S. Warren Grove, also of London. The Warren Grove had foundered the previous night while bound for Buckie laden with coal, and the men had been picked up eighteen miles east by north of Whiting Ness.

The Arbroath motor life-boat John and William Mudie was launched at 1.30, in a light south-easterly breeze with a ground swell. She searched widely for the other seven men, but only found a life-jacket. She arrived back at her station at 9 o'clock that night.

The Carnoustie coastguard informed the Broughty Ferry life-boat station at 12.47 in the afternoon of the 10th, and the motor life-boat Mona put out at 1.45, fifteen minutes after the Arbroath life-boat had been launched.

She too made a wide search, but found nothing, and returned to her station at 9.25. Then the Usan coastguard rang up the Montrose life-boat station at 8.5 in the morning of the llth, and suggested that a search be made further to the north and east.

The No. 1 motor life-boat The Good Hope was launched at 8.30, in a moderate south-easterly breeze, with a choppy sea, and late in the afternoon found the body of the captain nine miles south east of Gourdon. She also picked up a tank from a ship's life-boat, but found no one alive. She arrived back at her station at 6.30 in the evening.

—Rewards: Arbroath, £19 3s.; Broughty Ferry, £21 10s.; Montrose, £27 19s.

FOULED PROPELLER Ramsgate, Kent.—At 12.10 in the morning of the 12th of November, 1948, information was received that the local motor fishing boat Victory, with two aboard, was five hours overdue, and the motor life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 12.16 in a light southwesterly breeze with a slight sea.

With the help of her searchlight she found the Victory near South Brake Sands. Her propeller was foul and she was making very slow progress against a strong ebb tide. The life-boat towed her to the harbour, arriving back at her station at 2.45.—Rewards, £10 13s. 6d.

LIFE-BOATMAN ADRIFT Maryport, Cumberland.—At 6.35 in the evening of the 12th of November, 1948, it was reported that the life-boat bowman had gone fishing to the north in a small boat and had not returned.

A strong, squally wind was blowing from the south, with rough seas. The motor life-boat Joseph Braithwaite was launched at 6.35. She made a wide search and in the end found the bowman in Allonby Bay; five miles north of Maryport. He had broken one oar, and lost the other, and was lying in the boat cold, hungry, and exhausted with his long efforts to keep the boat afloat. The life-boat took him on board and revived him, and returned to Maryport with his boat in tow, but before she arrived the boat was swamped and sank. She reached Maryport at 9.35 that night.—Rewards, £17 1*. 6d.

ENGINE BROKEN DOWN Hastings, Sussex. —• At 6.20 in the morning of the 13th of November, 1948, the Fairlight coastguard telephoned that a boat was burning flares about two miles off Winchelsea, and later the Winchelsea coast watcher reported that the boat was at anchor.

The motor life-boat Cyril and Lilian Bishop was launched at 7.5 in a light west-south-west breeze with a calm sea.

and found the fishing boat Skylark, of Rye, with a crew of three, one and a half miles off Winchelsea. Her engine had broken down. The life-boat towed her to Hastings and arrived back at her station at 9.3.—Rewards, £33 11s. 6d.

FOULED BY HER OWN NETS Maryport, Cumberland.—At 6.50 in the evening of the 13th of November, 1948, a message was received from Whitehaven that a fishing vessel which had put out from there had not returned, and the motor life-boat Joseph Braithwaite was launched at 7.26 in a fresh southerly breeze with a rough sea.

She searched, but found nothing.

Visibility was poor, and she put into Whitehaven to inquire where the fishing vessel had last been seen. She left Whitehaven again about ten o'clock to continue the search and, half an hour after midnight, found the Salvia, of Inverness, ten miles to the north-west with her propeller fouled by her nets. She towed her to Whitehaven, arriving there at 7.15 in the morning, and returned to her station arriving at nine o'clock/—Rewards, £35 18s.

A CASE OF APPENDICITIS Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. •— At five in the evening of the 15th of November, 1948, an urgent call was received for the life-boat to take a woman, who was suffering with acute appendicitis, to Lochboisdale, in South Uist. The motor life-boat Lloyd's left her moorings at 5.45 in a northwesterly breeze with calm sea, and landed the patient at Lochboisdale.

From there the patient was taken by road to Benbecula and put on an aeroplane for Glasgow. The life-boat reached her station again twenty minutes after midnight.—Rewards, £16 14s.

SUNK ON AN OLD WRECK Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.15 in the morning of the 17th of November, 1948, the pier head coastguard reported that the S.S. Nordic Queen was approaching Southend and wanted to land ten survivors whom she had picked up from the Dutch motor vessel Quo Vadis. The Quo Vadis had sunk about a mile west of Nore Tower, after striking a wreck. The motor life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 was launched at three o'clock in a light north-west breeze with a calm sea, met the Nordic Queen, took off the ten survivors and landed them on Southend Pier, returning to her station at 3.50.

—Rewards, £8 15s.

A MATERNITY CASE Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. — At 4.30 in the morning of the 19th of November, 1948, a telephone message was received from Vatersay Island asking for help to be sent for a maternity case. A south-east gale was blowing with a rough sea, and the motor lifeboat Lloyd's was launched at 5.15 with a doctor and nurse aboard. She took them to.Vatersay and arrived back at her station at 7.15.—Rewards, £7 11s.

A FRACTURED THIGH Aith, Shetlands.—At eleven on the night of the 19th of November, 1948, a doctor telephoned that one of his patients on the Island of Papa Stour had met with an accident and asked if the life-boat would take him there.

A whole gale was blowing from the south-south-east with very heavy seas and sleet squalls. A quarter of an hour after midnight the motor life-boat The Rankin left her moorings with the doctor aboard, and landed him at Papa Stour in a small boat. Later, with much difficulty, the life-boat took aboard the doctor and his patient-—who had a fractured thigh-—-and returned with them to Aith, arriving at 5.20 on the morning of the 20th. There an ambulance took the injured man to a hospital at Lerwick.—Rewards, £1415s.

A SICK SEAMAN Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At five in the evening of the 20th of November, 1948, a signal was received from the motor vessel Menapia, of Wexford, that a doctor was urgently needed, and the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her moorings at 5.45, with a doctor aboard. A moderate south-westerly breeze was blowing with a choppy sea. The life-boat met the Menapia in South Bay, put the doctor on board her, and forty minutes later took him off again and the sick man. She arrived back at Rosslare Harbour at seven o'clock, and the sick man was taken to hospital.—Permanent Paid Crew. Rewards, £l 11s.

TWICE ASHORE Way, Inner Hebrides.—At 7.30 in the evening of the 25th of November, 1948, a trawler appeared to be ashore oft Bonahaven Distillery and was seen to be showing a light. The motor lifeboat Charlotte Elizabeth was launched at 9.3 in a strong south-easterly breeze with a moderate sea. She found the Admiralty mooring vessel Moorcock, of Rosyth, bound for Greenock, aground on the Jura shore, three miles south-east of Rhu Vaal Lighthouse., She had a crew of sixteen, but they were in no immediate danger. The life-boat stood by, and later refloated the Moorcock and piloted her to a safe anchorage.

She arrived back at her station at three next morning. About nine o'clock the Moorcock got under way but returned to Port Askaig Pier. At 2.30 in the afternoon she left the pier, to make room for other vessels, but ran ashore half a mile to the north, on the Islay shore. A moderate south-easterly gale was now blowing, with a rough sea. At three o'clock the life-boat again put out, went alongside the Moorcock and took oft nine of her crew.

She landed them and, as the vessel was in no great danger, returned to her station at six o'clock in the evening.

The Moorcock was later refloated and taken in tow by tugs.-—First Service: Property Salvage Case; Second Service: Rewards, £8 7*.

BADLY HURT ON A LIGHTVESSEL Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 1.6 in the morning of the 20th of November, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a man had been badly injured on the Royal Sovereign Lightvessel. After further information had been obtained the motor life-boat Jane Holland was launched at half past two, with a doctor and two police officers on board, in a fresh east-south-easterly breeze with a moderate sea. She put the doctor on board the lightvessel, and later took him off again, and the injured man, and landed them at 5.15.

The injured man was taken to hospital.

—Rewards, £19 18s. 6d. Repaid to the Institution by Trinity House.

ASHORE IN A FOG Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At 11.20 in the morning of the 27th of November, 1948, the harbour master reported a telephone message from the Post Office at Barmston that a vessel was ashore, and the motor life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield, was launched at 11.53. The south-westerly breeze was light, with a slight swell, but there was thick fog.

The life-boat found the steam drifter Rait Castle, of Portknockie, with a crew of ten, aground in a dangerous position about two miles north of Barmston. The second coxswain boarded her to advise the skipper, and the life-boat then towed her off. After putting another man on board the drifter to help the crew, the life-boat escorted her to Bridlington and arrived back at her station at 1.5 that afternoon.- —Property Salvage Case.

LOST IN THE FOG Margate, Kent. — At 11.15 in the morning of the 28th of November, 1948, during a dense fog, the coastguard rang up to say that the skipper of a motor boat had reported passing the local fishing vessel Kathleen near Longnose Buoy and that her crew of three had said that they had no compass.

At 1.10 in the afternoon, as the Kathleen had not returned, her owner asked for the help of the life-boat, and at 2.25 the coastguard telephoned that the fishing vessel had last been, seen two miles east of the harbour. At 2.40 the motor life-boat Lord Southborough, Civil Service No. 1 was launched in a light variable breeze with a smooth sea. She found the Kathleen one and a half miles to the eastward steaming seawards, guided her to the harbour and arrived back at her station at 3.15.—Rewards, £10 16s.

Ramsgate, Kent.—In the same dense fog on the night of the 28th of November, 1948—as five boats which had put out with fishing parties had not returned—the life-boat coxswain and another man burned flares at the East Pier. By their help four of the boats came in. At 10.50 the following morning the coastguard telephoned that the rowing boat May Queen was still missing, and the motor life-boat Prudential left her moorings at 10.59 with the motor boat Kenneth. The weather was calm, but the fog still thick. They made a wide search, and two and a half miles south of Quern Buoy the life-boat found the May Queen anchored. The two men in her were hungry, cold, and exhausted.

The life-boat took them on board, gave them food and drink, and with their boat in tow, returned to Ramsgate at 1.20 that afternoon.—-Rewards, £11 13s. 6d.

LADEN TRAWLER ASHORE Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

—At 9.25 in the morning of the 29th of November, 1948, the coastguard reported a vessel apparently aground close iivto the south east of the look-out, and the motor life-boat Louise Stephens was launched at 10.14. The weather was calm, but very foggy. The lifeboat found the Aberdeen steam trawler Scot, with a crew of ten and a load of fish, laid out an anchor for her, and stood by until, with the rising tide, the trawler got off at half past four. The life-boat 'escorted her into harbour, which was reached at 5.30 in the afternoon.

—Property Salvage Case.

BROKEN DOWN ON BIDEFORD BAR Appledore, Devon. — At 7.7 in the evening of the 30th of November, 1948, the Westward Ho coastguard telephoned that Pilot Cutter No. 1 was in difficulties on Bideford Bar and burning flares, and the motor life-boat Violet Armstrong was launched at 7.20 in a south-easterly breeze with a moderate sea. She found the cutter, with a crew of two, half a mile north of the Bell Buoy, out of control with her engine broken down, and towed her to the Pool, reaching her station again at nine o'clock.—Rewards, £9 3s.

The following life-boats went out on service but could find no ships in distress, were not needed or could do nothing: Penlee, Cornwall.—November 1st.— Rewards, £18 3s. 6d.

Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—November 1st.—Rewards, £10 17s.

Beaumaris, Anglesey.—November 8rd.

—Rewards, £12 19s.

Torbay, Devon.—November 3rd.—Rewards, £3 7s. 6d.

Ramsgate, Kent.—November 3rd.— Rewards, £10 13s. 6d.

Blyth, Northumberland. — November 3rd.—Rewards, £7 12s.

Islay, Inner Hebrides.—November 9th.

—Rewards, £8 7s.

New Brighton, Cheshire. — November llth—Rewards, £12 15s.

Margate, Kent.—November llth.—Rewards, £12 19s. 6d.

The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—November 14th.—Rewards, £16 2s.

Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — November 17th.—Rewards, £10 10s.

' Hoylake, Cheshire.—November 19th — Rewards, £20 11s.

Swanage, Dorset.—-November 20th.— Rewards, £13 4s.

Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. —-November 21st.—Rewards, £22 11s.

Selsey, Sussex. — November 23rd.— Rewards, £16 5s. 6d.

Tor bay, Devon.—-November 23rd.— Rewards, £7 15s.

Salcombe, Devon.—November 23rd.

—Rewards, £9 12s.

Anstruther, Fifeshire.—November 23rd.

—Rewards, £27 9s.

Eyemouth, Berwickshire. — November 24th.—Rewards, £12 12s.

Dunbar, Haddingtonshire."—• November 25th.—Rewards, £18 5s.

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

-—November 25th.—Rewards, £19 Is.

Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.—November 25th.—Rewards, £16.

New Brighton, Cheshire. — November 25th.—Rewards, £21 18s.

Caister, Norfolk.—November 27th.— Rewards, £12 5s.

Sheringham, Norfolk.—November 28th.

—Rewards, £36 9s.

Walmer, Kent.—November 28th.— Rewards, £20 6s.

Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—November 29th.—Rewards, £5 11s.

Stornoway, Isle of Lewes.—November 29th.—Rewards, £12 5s.

Walmer, Kent. — November 29th.— Rewards, £30 14s.

St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—November 29th.—Rewards, £10 19s.

Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset.— November 29th.—Rewards, £11 17s.

Salcombe, Devon.—November 30th.— Rewards, £9 12s..