SEPT. 3RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At about 4.10 A.M. it was reported that a vessel was showing distress signals about one and a half miles south of Walton Pier. The weather was clear with a strong breeze. The sea was rather rough. The motor life-boat E.M.E.D. was launched at 4.50 A.M. and found the barge Eureka, of Harwich, with three men on board. Her main sail was damaged and she was completely unmanageable. At her skipper’s request, life-boatmen boarded the Eureka.

The life-boat then towed her to Harwich, arriving at 7.35 A.M. She arrived back at her station at 10.15 A.M. - Property salvage case..