Ramsgate, Kent. — At 7.36 in the evening of the 31st of December, 1948, the coastguard reported that a vessel, for which the North Goodwin Light- vessel had previously fired warning guns, appeared to be aground on the Goodwins, and the motor life-boat Prudential was launched at 7.45. A south-west gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat found the Norwegian motor ship Mercur, of Bergen, aground between the North and North-East Goodwin Banks. The life-boat put some of her crew aboard her and the coxswain advised the captain what to do. With his help the Mercur got off the Sands and the life-boat guided her into navigable water. After putting the life-boatmen back on the life-boat the Mercur went on her way to Fecamp, and the life-boat made for Ramsgate, which she reached at 11.20.—Property salvage case; re- wards, 14s..