Helvick Head, Co. Waterford. — At 1.45 in the afternoon of the 25th of October, 1948, the harbour-master tele- phoned 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..