DOCTOR TREATS INJURED MEN IN LIFE-BOAT Anstruther, Fife. At 3.1 on the afternoon of the 17th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Frederick T. Everard of London had two injured men on board who needed medical attention at once. The motor vessel was then a mile and a half south-west of May Island. The honorary secretary contacted the honorary medical adviser, and the life-boat James and Ruby Jackson was launched at 3.20 with the doctor on board. There was a light variable wind and a slight sea, and it was two and three quarter hours after high water. The life-boat met the motor vessel, and the two injured men were transferred to her. One man had suspected fractures of the right tibia, the left fibula, the pelvis and the left arm and extensive burns. On board the lifeboat he was given first aid by the doctor and an injection of heroin to relieve his severe pain. The second man also had burns and his wounds were dressed.

The life-boat reached her station at 5.25 when the men were put into a waiting ambulance and taken to Kirkcaldy hospital. Their injuries had been caused by an explosion in the engine room..