Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire. — At 10.50 on the night of the 25th of May, 1954, the Lytham police rang up to say that the pile beacon, known as Peet's Light, three and a quarter miles west of Lytham pier in the estuary of the River Ribble, had caught fire. The top structure is of wood and is mounted on wooden piles. The Port of Preston harbour-master asked if the piles at least could be saved, and it was agreed that the St. Annes fire brigade should load a pump into the life-boat's boarding boat. Firemen embarked with it, and at 11.30 the life-boat N. T., on temporary duty at the station, put out, towing the boarding boat. The sea was calm, and a light breeze was blowing from south-by- east. The life-boat laid off the beacon, and two life-boatmen and three fire- men took the boarding boat to it. The tide was low, enabling the men to fight the fire from the sands and to secure the boarding boat clear of danger. The fire was extinguished in about two hours, by which time only the piles remained. The life-boat took her boarding boat and gear back to her station, arriving at three o'clock on the morning of the 26th.—Rewards, £12 9,9..