FEBRUARY 8TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND: The coastguard reported a raft at about 1..40 P.M., floating one and a half miles north of the Farne Islands. A moderate S.S.W. wind was blowing, with a heavy swell. As the raftmight have come from a sunken vessel and have men on board, the motor life-boat W.R.A. was launched at 2 P.M. She found no one on the raft, but as it was a danger to navigation she towed it ashore, arriving at 4.15 P.M. - Rewards, £13..