Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 5.40 on the afternoon of the 23rd of February, 1955, the trawler Therese Emile Yuon, of Concarneau, France, whose engine had broken down, was seen to break adrift from a Howth fishing boat, which was towing her towards the harbour.

The trawler was soon blown on to a sandbank about half a mile north-west of the harbour, and at 6.15, at low water, the life-boat R.P.L. was launched. The sea was very rough, there was a fresh easterly breeze, and it was snowing. The life-boat tried to refloat the trawler, but failed. She then went alongside, rescued the crew of seven and arrived back at her station at ten o'clock. The trawler became a total wreck.—Rewards, £13 4s..