OCTOBER 11TH - 12TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE, AND LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. On the night of the 11th the New Brighton No. 1 motor life-boat was launched, in very bad weather, to search for two overdue fishing boats. She could not find them, but one returned in the early morning. The life-boat made another search for the other boat, but she could not find her.

In response to a call from the Southport police the Lytham-St. Annes motor life-boat was launched on the afternoon of the 12th and found the missing boat on the beach at Birkdale, near Southport. No one was on board.

There had been two, a man and a boy, but the man had swum ashore and the boy had been rescued by the Southport police. The owner sent a letter of thanks. - Rewards : New Brighton, £13 12s. 6d. and £7 3s. ; Lytham-St. Annes, £13 19s. 6d..