ON the afternoon of the 30th of May, ths life-boat at Cullercoats ran an engine trial. As she was being re- placed on her carriage she slipped and fell on one of the launchers, a man of sixty-seven. One of his legs was so severely injured that it had to be amputated, but he died. His widow is his only dependent relative. She has been pensioned by the Institution as if her husband had been a sailor killed in action..