Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—At 9.40 on the night of the 7th of July, 1955, a message was received from the pilots at Passage that a boat had broken down off Brownstown Head. At 9.55 the life-boat Annie Blanche Smith put out, with the honorary secretary, Mr. A. Westcott-Pitt, on board. The sea was calm, there was a light easterly breeze and fog, and it was two hours after high water. The life- boat made a search and came up with a 28-feet fishing boat from Passage East, half a mile off Brownstown Head.

The fishing boat, which had a crew of three, had broken down. The life- boat towed her to safety and reached her station again at 11.30.—Rewards to the crew, £6; reward to the helper on shore, 13,9..