Troon, Ayrshire.—At. 11.55 in the morning of the 9th of August, 1949, the coxswain saw the Greenock motor fishing boat Emily, which had a crew of five, showing flares. She was lying broadside on to the sea off Gailes Beach to the north of Troon, in a strong south- westerly wind and a rough sea. The life-boat Sir David Richmond of Glas- gow was launched at 12.5, and fifteen minutes later reached the fishing boat, which was then rolling in the surf. In a few minutes she would have been ashore. The life-boat went alongside, put a rope on board, towed the fishing toat clear and brought her to Troon, which she reached at 1.15 in the afternoon.—Rewards, £5 Is..