Howth, Co. Dublin,—At 2.30 in the afternoon of the 15th of October, 1949, the life-boat R'.P.L. was launched for exercise in a rough sea, with a fresh south-westerly wind blowing, and shortly after noticed a fishing boat one mile east of Rush. When the life-boat approached (about four o'clock) she found the Myrtle, of Rush, with a crew of four aboard, disabled by an engine breakdown. At the request of the fishermen the life-boat took the Myrtle to Rush and then returned to her station, reaching it at 6.15.—Rewards, £12 18s..