Amble, Northumberland.—At 3.5 in the morning of the 6th of May, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had run aground at the harbour entrance and needed help, and at 3.10 the life-boat J. W. Archer left her moorings. There was a heavy swell with a south-westerly breeze blowing.

The life-boat found the local tug T.I.D. 66 to the north-east of the harbour, with a wire round her pro- peller. She had been helping to- refloat the s.s. Holdernook, of Hull, which also had a fouled propeller.

The steamer went on her way, and the life-boat towed the tug to Amble, reaching her station again at 4.45.— Rewards, £5 5s..