Teesmouth, Yorkshire. — At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1955, the life-boat motor me- chanic reported that the S.S. Basalt,which had been unloading scrap from a wreck, had gone aground on Salt Scar Rocks. At three o'clock the life-boat John and Lucy Cordingley was launched.

The sea was calm, there was a light north-easterly breeze, and the tide was half flood. The life-boat found the Basalt, which had a crew of six, still aground, and stood by her until she re- floated at 4.12. The life-boat then went alongside and learnt that the steamer was damaged and leaking. The fire brigade put two pumps on board, which kept pace with the water, and the Basalt was beached at Redcar. The life-boat reached her station again at 7.45.—Rewards to the crew, £12 Is.

6d.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 15s. Qd..