SEPTEMBER 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. A leading seaman on H.M.S. Fossbeck had his skull fractured when a bucket of ashes fell on him, and at six in the morning the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched, with a doctor on board. An east-north-east wind was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy swell. The injured man, who was unconscious, was lashed to a stretcher and placed in one of the ship’s boats, which was lifted by derricks, and lowered into the sea. The life-boat made fast to the boat and the stretcher was then lifted into her. It was laid on a bed of lifebelts, and the life-boatmen took off their oilskins, and with these, and sails, securely covered the man. The life-boat returned at full speed. As she was being beached a sea broke over her, but the injured man was kept dry.

A waiting ambulance took him to hospital for an operation. The life-boat returned to her station at 7.30. - Rewards, £9 13s. 6d..