Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 5th of June, 1953, it was noticed that conditions on the harbour bar were dangerous. Local fishing boats were at sea, and at nine o'clock the No. 2 harbour pulling life-boat Robert and Ellen Robson put to sea to stand by them as they entered the h-arbour. A moderate northerly gale was causing a heavy sea. The life- boat escorted in the Venus, Galilee, Pilot Me, Progress and Lead Us, reaching her station again at 1.30— Rewards, £19 Os. 6d..