Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 7.29 in the evening of the 21st of September, 1949, the coastguard telephoned a message from the Methil police that a boat, drifting three miles off East Wemyss, was making S.O.S. signals on a lamp.

The life-boat Nellie and Charlie was launched a't eight o'clock, in a slight swell, with a light east-north-east breeze blowing. She found the motor pleasure boat Adventure, of Kirkcaldy, with a crew of two, broken down and her engine room flooded, and towed her to Kirkcaldy harbour. She returned to her station, arriving at 2.45 the next morning.—Property Salvage Case..