Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 11.33 on the morning of the 4th of November, 1953, the Walton-on-the-Naze coast- guard rang up to say that the S.S.

Parkwood, of Middlesbrough, with a crew of fifteen, had run ashore on the Gunfleet Sands about half a mile west of the Mid Gunfleet Buoy. The coastguard kept watch on her and at 1.55 reported that she was listing to port. As the tide ebbed it was seen that her stern was well above the water, and it was feared that she had struck old wreckage. At four o'clock the life-boat Edian Courtauld put out in a slight sea and light west-north- west breeze. She found a tug with the steamer. The life-boat took the tug- master to the steamer and later helped the tug to tow her clear. The Park- wood then went on her way to Harwich under her own power, and the life- boat returned to her station, arriving at 11.30 on the morning of the 5th.—• Property Salvage Case..