Clovelly, Devon.—At 9.50 on the night of the 24th of August, 1957, the Hartland Point coastguard reported by telephone that a young man, who had set out at 2.30 in the afternoon to walk from Clovelly to Hartland along the beach, was missing. Shortly after ten o'clock watchers at Bucks Mills reported that a torchlight could be seen from the cliff-face about one mile' west of Clovelly, and the coastguard life-saving apparatus team set out.

The coastguard asked if the life-boat would illuminate the cliff, and at 10.50 the life-boat William Cantrell Ashley was launched. The sea was rough, there was a north-westerly gale, and it was one hour before low water.

The searchlight picked out the youth on a high cliff one mile north-west of Clovelly, and the position was indicated to the coastguards at the cliff-top.

One of the coastguards was lowered, and he and the young man were brought down to the beach. The young man walked back to Clovelly, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 2.15 on the morning of the 25th.—Rewards to the crew, £14 8s.; rewards to the helpers on the shore, £18 Is..