THIS account of a service by the Tynemouth life-boat in September, 1949, should have appeared among the services for that month in The Life-boat for December of last year.

On the evening of the 23rd of Sep- tember, 1949, there was a dense fog at the mouth of the Tyne, and at five minutes past eight the coastguard reported that a vessel was aground under Battery Point and tugs were standing by. At 10.40 the coastguard said that an attempt to refloat her would be made at high water at five o'clock the next morning, and that the master of the vessel had asked them for the life-boat's help. The Tynesider put out at 2.26 in the morning. A light south-easterly breeze was blowing, but there was a heavy swell. The life-boat found the S.S. Surreybrook, of London, hard on the rocks, and her master said that he wanted to abandon ship. The life-boat went alongside, with some difficulty owing to the shallowness of the water and the rocks, and took off nineteen of the crew. The master, chief officer and another man remained on board. The life-boat landed the nineteen men at North Shields, and arrived back at her station at 3.40 in the morning. There the life-boatmen remained on duty for another four hours in case they were needed to take off the three men still on board the steamer.—Rewards, £24 7s..