MAY 12TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.

At 3.10 A . M . the Tynemouth coastguard reported that a vessel was in distress off Souter Point, and the motor life-boat Westmorland was launched at 3.30 A.M. A fresh N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat searched for some time before she learned that the vessel, H.M.T. Ben Ardna, had sunk after a collision, and that H.M.T. Simerson had picked up the crew. The life-boat was asked by the master of this vessel to stand by until a message had been sent ashore, and then to escort her to the Tyne. This the life-boat did, and returned to her station at 7.22 A.M.- Rewards, £22 15s..