Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 4th of February, 1953.

local fishermen reported that bad weather was making conditions dan- gerous at the harbour bar, and at 1.20 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hep- worth was launched. A moderate northerly gale was blowing with a rough sea. The life-boat came up with the local fishing boats Provider A, Pilot Me II, and Venus at the har- bour entrance. The coxswain told the skippers that the bar was dangerous and escorted them in. The life-boat then put to sea again, escorted in the Lead Us and Progress and arrived back at her station at 4.15.—Rewards.

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