Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 10.20 on the night of the 4th of March, 1949, the coastguard asked that the life-boat crew should stand by as a vessel appeared to be in distress to the north of Ramsey.

At 10.50 they reported that help was needed, and at 11.15 the motor life- boat Thomas Corbett was launched. A strong south-south-east wind was blow- ing, with a heavy sea. The life-boat found the Ramsey motor fishing boat Capella ashore between Dog Mills and Shellag Point in shallow water. After cruising round for a time the life-boat ran alongside the fishing boat, and the boat's crew of two jlimped into the life-boat, with their cat. The life-boat reached her station again at one in the morning.—Rewards, £19 6*. 6d..