OCTOBER 22ND. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.

At 12.50 P.M. the naval officer in charge at Barrow reported a boat in distress off Ravenglass harbour, and the motor lifeboat N.T. was launched at 1 P.M. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, with a heavy swell.

When five miles N.N.E. of the Selker buoy the life-boat found the motor fishing boat Meta, of Ravenglass, with a crew of two.

Her engine had broken down. The life-boat towed her to Barrow, arriving at 10.15 P.M.

- Rewards, £23 7s. 6d..