Amble, Northumberland.—At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 19th of February, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that the local fishing boat Margaret Anna was still at sea in bad weather.

At 3.15 the life-boat J. W. Archer was launched in a very rough sea, with a fresh easterly breeze blowing. She waited for the Margaret Anna at the harbour bar and escorted her into the harbour, reaching her station again at 5.45.—Rewards, £8 15s..