Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 2nd of June, 1957, the piermaster telephoned to say that a motor cruiser was in a very dangerous position off the end of Brean Down and needed help. The life-boat Frank and William Oates, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 3.27 in calm weather.

The tide was ebbing. The life-boat came up with the motor cruiser Gazelle, of Weston-super-Mare, which had a party of eight people, including two women and three children, on board.

They had been fishing when their anchor dragged and caught in theHowe rocks. The life-boat towed th« motor cruiser clear and then returned to her station, arriving at 2.45. The owner expressed his thanks to the crew and made a donation to the Institu- tion's funds.—Rewards to the crew1, £5; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 5*..