Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 10.25 on the night of the 17th of January, 1952, the South Gare Lighthouse keeper telephoned that a ship had gone aground on the training wall in the mouth of the River Tees, and at eleven o'clock the life-boat John and Lucy Cordingley was launched. A strong north-westerly gale was blow- ing, with a rough sea. The life-boat found the motor vessel Futurity, of London, with a crew of six. She stood by her until she refloated, but the Futurity was then blown across the wall and over the Brand Sands.

After a time her anchors held her, and when the tide rose sufficiently she was able to make for the main channel and went on her way to Middlesbrough.

The life-boat then went to Middles- brough, as the weather was too bad for her to be hauled up her slipway at her station, and was taken back to Tees- mouth on the 19th.—Rewards, £27 6s. Qd..