Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 11.50 a.m. on I5th February, 1966, the honorary secretary received an urgent call from the doctor at Bunbeg asking for the assistance of the life-boat W. M. Tihon. A young girl on Tory Island had acute appendicitis and needed an operation as soon as possible. There was a south easterly gale and the sea was rough. It was two hours before high water. The life-boat went to Tory Island at 12.45 p.m. and safely transferred the patient to Kincarslagh, where an ambulance was waiting to take her immediately to hospital. The service rendered by the life-boat on this occasion saved the girl's life. The life-boat returned to her station at 6.10 p.m..