FIREMEN HELPED At 7.35 a.m. on I3th September, 1964, while the life-boat coxswain was fishing at sea, he saw the converted ship's lifeboat Waratah burning red flares just south of Peninnis Head. He immediately gave help and succeeded in towing the vessel to the nearest beach as she was low in the water with her engines submerged. The sea was rough with a moderate southeasterly wind and it was about two hours before high water. At 8.4 the life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter was launched but at the vessel's request returned for a salvage pump in company with the coxswain's boat. At the quayside members of the local fire brigade were taken aboard.

The life-boat eventually took the converted life-boat in tow and reached her station at 11.15. The Waratah was extensively damaged after striking a rock..