Hoylake, Cheshire.—At 8.30 on the evening of the 5th of June, 1954, the Formby coastguard rang up to say that the coaster Talacre, which was at anchor in the estuary of the River Dee, had reported that a yacht with two youths on board had gone aground on Salisbury Bank about four hundred yards north-west of Salisbury Buoy.

As she would be in danger when the fast running tide flowed, the life-boat Oldham IV was launched at 9.7. There was a ground swell, with a light easterly breeze and heavy rain. The life-boat found the local yacht Aurelia in a precarious position, towed her to Hilbre Pool, and reached her station again at 2.20 early on the 6th.— Rewards, £17 11s..