Cromer, Norfolk.—-At 6.5 in the even- ing of the 26th of January, 1949, the coastguard reported a vessel ashore 200 yards south of Bacton, and the No. 2 life-boat Harriot Dixon was launched at 6.25. There was dense fog, but the southerly breeze was light and the sea smooth. The life-boat found the ves- sel. She was the motor vessel Farndale, of Middlesbrough. Her skipper asked the life-boat to stand by during the night, which she did, and the following morning she ran out a kedge anchor for the Farndale to prevent her being carried further ashore on the rising tide. At eleven o'clock the skipper told the coxswain that he need no longer stand by, and the life-boat reached her station again at, 12.15 that afternoon, the 27th. The Farm- dale refloated and went on her way at half past six that evening.-—Rewards, £62 11s. 3d..