Hartlepool, Durham.—At 2.47 early on the morning of the 9th of February, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that a boat off the Palliser Works, north of Hartlepool, was burning flares, and at 3.15 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7, was launched.

There was a light westerly breeze with a moderate sea. The life-boat found the motor fishing boat Jean Horsley, of Hartlepool, with a crew of seven, one mile north of Heugh. Her engine had broken down, and the life-boat towed her to Hartlepool, reaching her station again at 5.20.—Rewards, £11 Os. 6d..