Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.

—At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 4th of September, 1952, the coast- guard saw a cabin-cruiser drifting towards the rocks about two miles south of Berwick. At 5.10 the life- boat J and W was launched in a heavy swell with a light northerly breeze blowing, and found the cruiser, with a crew of four, disabled by an engine breakdown and without an anchor.

She was in danger of being smashed on the rocks, and her crew tried to keep off shore by using floor-boards as paddles. A life-boatman was put aboard the cruiser, which was towed into Berwick at 6.15. The life-boat then went to the Tweed Dock and was rehoused next day. A gift towards the funds of the Institution was receiv- ed from the owner.—Rewards, £9 8s..