Berwick- on- Tweed, Northumberland, and Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—On the morning of the llth of February, 1956, the motor vessel Tonny, of Dordrecht, appeared to be aground off Berwick.

A little later she was seen to move to the south-east and fly distress signals. At 9.10 the Berwick coast- guard informed the Berwick-on- Tweed life-boat station, and at 9.38 the life-boat J. and W. was launched.

There was a moderate sea and a moderate west-north-west wind. It was nearly low water. The life-boat came up with the Tonny, which was laden with phosphate, about three miles south of Berwick pier. She had holed herself in attempting to enter the harbour, was partly flooded and had no power. She was drifting towards rocks, but the life-boat passed a line to her and held her clear. About 11.30 the Tonny appeared to be sink- ing, and the life-boat let her go and rescued four of her crew. The life- boat then stood by while two fishing boats made an attempt to beach the Tonny. The Burnmouth stationmaster had rung up the Eyemouth life-boat station at 10.50, and at 11.2 the life- boat Clara and Emily Harwell was launched. She reached the position at 12.20 and together with the Ber- wick-on-Tweed life-boat and the fishing boats took the Tonny in tow.

The four boats towed the vessel to Berwick harbour, and the life-boats then returned to their stations, Berwick- on-Tweed arriving at 1.31 and Eye- mouth at 3.45.—Property Salvage Cases..