LINE FIRED TO FISHING BOAT AGROUND Humber, Yorkshire. At 12.56 early on the morning of the 19th July, 1962, the coastguard at Spurn Point informed the coxswain superintendent that red flares had been seen between a mile and two miles east of the look-out. There was a strong south-easterly wind and a rough sea. It was low water. The life-boat City of Bradford III was launched, but she was held fast in the sand just off the slipway, and it was not until 2.35 that she finally refloated. She found the fishing boat Dorothy of Grimsby at three o'clock aground on the Binks one mile east of Spurn lighthouse. The Dorothy was surrounded by broken water and was being pounded very heavily. When the life-boat was being manoeuvred into a position so that a line could be fired she shipped a heavy sea which half filled the cockpit, but the coxswain took her to within fifty yards of the fishing boat and a tow rope was successfully connected. The Dorothy was refloated at the first attempt and taken in tow to Grimsby. Her engine had broken down, she had a damaged rudder, and her wireless was out of action. The life-boat finally reached her station at six o'clock..