Whitby, Yorkshire.—At four in the, afternoon of the 2nd of January, 1949, the coastguard reported that red flares had been burned by the local motor fishing boat Providence, about three miles to the southward, and the life- boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 4.12 in a strong north-westerly wind with a rough sea. She found the Providence, with a crew of five, and her engine broken down, towed her into Whitby through the broken water at the harbour entrance, and returned to her station at seven o'clock.—Rewards, £10 Os. 6d..