Redcar, Yorkshire.—At 9.47 on the night of the 14th of December, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a steamer had gone aground on East Scar rocks. At 10.10 the life-boat City of Leeds was launched. There was a heavy swell, with a light south- erly breeze blowing. The life-boat found the S.S. Dimitris, of Andros, Greece, bound for the Tees laden with iron ore, badly holed. She rescued twenty-two of the steamer's crew of thirty-six and reached her station again at 9.45. She had intended putting off again to take ashore the others, but two fishing boats had, in the meantime, rescued them.—Re- wards, £12 4s..