FEBRUARY 26TH . - HOWTH , CO. DUBLIN. At 4 P.M. it was reported that the open motor boat Little Flower, a local fishing boat, with three men on board, had not returned from fishing, and at 4.30 P.M. the motor life-boat R.P.L. was launched. A southerly gale was blowing, with a heavy sea.

The life-boat searched the fishing grounds, from Lambay Island for twelve miles towards the Skerries, but could find nothing and returned to Lambay Island. There she saw three lights on the shore, a signal that the three men were safe on the island, so she returned to her station, arriving at 9.30 P.M.

The next day she went out again at noon, took the men off the island, and towed in the Little Flower, arriving at her station at 2.30 P.M.. - Rewards, first service, £17 11s. 6d. ; second service, no expense to Institution.