FEBRUARY 9TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.

Information was received through the coastguard at 12.15 P.M. that the lifeboat might be needed. Half a gale was blowing from the east, with a rough sea, and the weather was thick. Then it was learned that a vessel had been bombed off Cley, and the motor life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched at 12.33 P.M. She found the boat of the S.S. Boston Trader, of Great Yarmouth, with the crew of seven aboard. Their steamer had been badly damaged by bombs, and they had been machine-gunned. In the hope of saving the steamer the life-boat went to her, but found her so thoroughly on fire that nothing could be done. The life-boat then brought the rescued men ashore, and those who had been wounded were attended to. The life-boat was rehoused at 4 P.M. - Rewards, £18 10s. 6d.