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JUNE 17TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 9.45 A.M. on the 16th June, a vessel in the Barley Picle was flying the “ Not under control ” signal. She was kept under observation. At noon a tug went out but found that the vessel, the motor vessel Summity, of London, bound for Yarmouth with coals, did not need help although she was aground. A light N.N.E. wind was then blowing, with a moderate sea. At 10P.M. the wind was increasing, but the motor life-boat Louise Stephens could not go out as the port was closed. When the boom had been lowered, she put out at 3.45 A.M. on the 17th June and, with the help of the life-boat and of a sister ship, Grit, the Summity was refloated at 7 A.M. The life-boat escorted her into Yarmouth Roads and was ready for service again at 8.52 A.M. - Rewards, £17 1s..