Cloughey, Co. Down. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1958, the bowman told the coxswain that a small boat was burning flares near the North Rock. The life-boat Helen Sutton, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a slight sea. There was a light westerly wind, and it was low water. The life-boat found the cabin cruiser Elmar of Portaferry with her propeller-shaft broken. The Elmar's crew of two had set fire to some old sails soaked in petrol to attract atten- tion. The life-boat took her in tow to Portavogie harbour and reached her station at 7.50. Rewards to the crew, £12 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £9 15s..