Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 17th of May, 1953, a report came by telephone of a yacht flying a distress signal a quarter of a mile east-bv-north of the Wyre Light.

At 11.50 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched. There was a fresh south-westerly breeze with a moderate sea. The life-boat found the auxiliary yacht Speedy, of Deganwy, with a crew of five. Her engine had broken down, and she was bumping the bottom and making water. The life-boat towed her to Fleetwood, berthed her in the harbour, andreached her station again at 12.35.— Rewards, £9 5*..