Tynemouth, Northumberland.—-At 6.25 in the morning of the 8th of August, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a cabin cruiser, with three aboard, was in distress to the east of Tyne North Pier Light. When the life- boat crew assembled, a second message said that a steamer had taken the cruiser in tow, but soon afterwards came a third message that the steamer was no longer towing her, and the life- boat Tynesider was launched at 7.5.

A westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. A mile east of the harbour the life-boat saw the cruiser three miles further east, but just before she reached her, the cruiser was taken in tow by the steam drifter Ocean Pioneer. The life-boat took a position astern and escorted the vessels into the Tyne, arriving at 9.40.—Rewards, £11 19s..