JUNE 26TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.

At 3.25 P.M. information was received from the coastguard that a steamer was ashore on Swadman Reef. The weather was fine, with a light S.E. wind, and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 3.44 P.M. She found that the vessel on the reef was the Grimsby steam trawler Helios, with a crew of nine, CAITHNESSbound from the fishing grounds for Grimsby.

The tide was rising and the life-boat stood by until the Helios refloated and was able to go on her way. The life-boat returned to her station at 5.53 P.M. - Rewards, £4 13s. 6d..