Exmouth, Devon.—At 2.18 on the morning of the 26th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that red rockets had been seen near Longshore Rock.

At 2.39 the life-boat Maria Noble was launched in a slight sea. There was a strong north-westerly breeze blowing and the tide was flooding. The life- boat reached the position and found that the yacht Lady Isabella, whose engine was on fire, was being driven on to the Pole Sands. She had a crew of two. The life-boat took her in tow to Exmouth, arriving there at 4.40.— Property Salvage Case..