When it was learnt that a man had fallen over the cliffs at Sarclet Head on 2nd July, the Wick, Caithness, life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched at 10 p.m.

On reaching Sarclet Head the body of the man could be seen in the water at the foot of the cliff but approach was impossible from the sea owing to rocks and shoals. A skin diver, who was among those watching from the cliff top, recovered the man's body with the aid of ropes from the life-boat..