North Sunderland, Northumberland - At 11.25 P-m- on 22nd August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that five students who had gone to the inner Fames island had not returned to Durham University.

The life-boat Edward and Mary Lester was launched at 12.6 a.m. on 23rd August. It was low water. The boatman had not returned to the island to take the students back and they were taken by the life-boat to North Sunderland which was reached at 1.40. A donation was made to the Institution's funds following this service..