NOVEMBER 27TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 12.45 P .M. a message was received from the coastguard that two men in a rowing boat were in difficulties one and a half miles east of Annalong. A N.W. gale, with sleet showers, was blowing, and the sea was rough. Another message said that the motor fishing boat Snowdrop had put out from Annalong to give help. Then, at 1.15 P.M., a third message said that the fishing boat herself was in distress and the motor life-boat L.P. and St. Helen was launched immediately.

Meanwhile another local fishing boat, the Shooting Star, owned by the motor-mechanic of the lifeboat, which was lying afloat, also put out in case there was difficulty in launching the life-boat. She went on ahead, but they arrived on the scene almost together.

The life-boat escorted the Shooting Star while she towed both boats to Newcastle.

She returned to her station at 4P.M. - Rewards, £15 15s.