OCTOBER 10TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

At about 10.30 A.M. the harbour entrance had become dangerous owing to a heavy fresh which was running out on the ebb tide. A strong N.N.W. breeze was blowing, and the sea was rough. Four fishing cobles were out, and the coxswain and second-coxswain of the motor life-boat.

were among the fishermen at sea. The coxswain of the pulling boat decided to take out the motor lifeboat Mary Ann Hepworth, and she left at 10.45 A.M. She escorted the cobles Freda, Dorothy, Brighter Hope and Enterprise separately into harbour, and returned to her station at 1.30 P.M. - Rewards, £7 6s. 6d..