New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.55 on the afternoon of the 1st of August, 1954. the coxswain reported that four people had left Rock Ferry for a cruise in the 20-feet yacht Eilae about 1.45 and were now overdue. The Formby coastguard reported that in the poor visibility nothing could be seen of the missing boat, but at 9.15 a vessel wirelessed that a yacht was in difficulties near C.14 red buoy. At 9.20 the life-boat Norman B. Corlett put out in a moderate sea. There was a fresh south-south-east breeze and heavy rain squalls, and it was an hour and a half after low water. The life-boat found the Eilae, which was short of fuel, in a dangerous position off C.18 buoy. The four people on board were cold and wet. The lifeboat towed the yacht to Rock Ferry and reached her station again at 12.15 early on the 2nd.—Rewards, £78,?..