DECEMBER 21ST. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

At about 3.25 P.M. the coastguard telephoned to the life-boat coxswain that the motor fishing coble Hilda, of Scarborough, was in distress. A strong southerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The No. 1 motor life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 3.35 P.M. and found the coble five miles E.S.E. of Whitby, disabled by an engine breakdown. The coble, together with her crew of three, was taken in tow and brought into Whitby at 5.20 P.M. - Rewards, £11 6s.

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