North Sunderland, Northumberland.— At seven o'clock on the morning of the 17th of December, 1955, the life-boat coxswain noticed a flashing light on the Inner Fame Island. He knew that two Trinity House men had been painting the lighthouse, but at 1.13 the Seahouses coastguard rang up to say that the men had lighted a fire, and it was thought that they needed help. At 1.50 the life-boat Grace Darling was launched. The sea was very heavy, there was a north-westerly wind, and the tide was flooding.

The life-boat reached the island fifteen minutes later, and the workmen said that they were running short of food and water. The life-boat took themon board, and after a rough passage landed them at her station at 2.35.— Rewards to the crew, £9; rewards to the helpers on shore, £6 14*..