Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 12.40 in the early morning of the 4th of February, 1950, the coastguard reported that dis- tress flares were being burned off Douglas Bay. At one o'clock the life- boat Millie Walton was launched in a heavy sea with a strong south-westerly wind blowing. She found the Castle- town motor fishing vessel Ann ofLonan, with a crew of three. Bound for Port St. Mary from Preston, she had been disabled by an engine failure and was drifting towards the rocks. The life- boat took the boat in tow and brought her into Douglas Harbour at three o'clock.—Rewards, £9 4s..