Hartlepool, Durham.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 18th of October, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing coble had burnt flares two miles north of Heugh lighthouse. At 5.55 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7 was launched. There was a slight sea with a light south- easterly breeze blowing. The life-boat found the local fishing boat Maggie Deas, with a crew of four. She had broken down, and the life-boat towed her to Hartlepool, reaching her station again at 7.15.—Rewards, £8 4s..