FEBRUARY 8TH . - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The fishing boat Thankful, of Scarborough, with four men on board, did not return during the afternoon, as expected, and another fishing boat went out to look for her, but failed to find her. At 6.30 P.M. the Burniston coastguard reported distress flares, and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II went out at 7.50 P.M. A light S.S.W. wind was blowing, and the sea was smooth. The life-boat found the Thankful four miles N.E.

of Scarborough. She was leaking badly and in danger of sinking. The life-boat took her in tow and reached harbour at 9.30 P.M.

The crew of the Thankful had to keep baling and pumping all the way home. - Property salvage case.