SEPTEMBER 8TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At 7.30 P.M. the coastguard reported a motor boat flying a distress signal, and the motor life-boat Michael Stephens was launched at 7.55 P.M. The position given was one and a half miles S. by W. from Benacre Lookout, some ten miles from Lowestoft. A strong N.E. wind was blowing, the sea was rough, and in the darkness the lifeboat could see nothing. She searched until 11.30 P.M. and then anchored. Enemy aeroplanes were about and there were raids on shore. At4 next morning she resumed her search further south, and just before 6 A.M. found the fishing boat Happy Days, of Lowestoft, with a crew of three. Her engine had broken down. The life-boat took her in tow and brought her into port at 8 A.M. - Rewards, £11 18s..