Launches 50 Lives rescued 116 OCTOBER 1ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At noon the Gorleston coastguard reported a drifter on Scroby Sands, flying a distress signal. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a swell. The motor life-boat Louise Stephens was launched at 12.10. She found the steam drifter True Vine, of Fraserburgh, aground east-north-east of St. Nicholas Buoy. The coxswain went on board at the request of the skipper and gave him advice. At low water the trawler passed a rope to the life-boat, which pulled the drifter’s bow round, and after working her engine and manoeuvring for a time, the True Vine, still in tow of the lifeboat, refloated. The life-boat piloted her to the harbour and arrived back at her station at 4.45 that afternoon. - Property salvage case.

OCTOBER 1ST. - CLOGHER HEAD, CO.

LOUTH. At nine at night the local motor trawler Maygough was reported to have been burning flares about seven miles north-east of Port Oriel at seven o’clock. Another trawler had gone to her help, but had not found her. A moderate southerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate swell and fog. The motor life-boat Mary Ann Blunt was launched at 9.40 with the Rev. Father F. G. MacCooey, honorary secretary of the life-boat station, on board. She found the Maygough at anchor, with her engine broken down. She had a crew of five. They had used all their flares.

The life-boat towed her to Port Oriel and reached her station again at 1.20 next morning. - Rewards, £18 13s.

OCTOBER 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 2.27 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Goodwin Sands, about six miles away to the east. A light north-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat CharlesDibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched at 2.55, and at four o’clock found the S.S. W. R.

Grace, of Baltimore, U.S.A. She was a ship of about 8,000 tons, bound from Amsterdam for Cardiff, with a crew of forty. The Dover tug Lady Duncannon was in attendance.

The life-boat put two men on board the steamer, and stood by. She also took officers from the tug to the steamer. At 7.45 the W. R. Grace refloated on the rising tide, and the life-boat escorted her to the Downs, where she anchored at 9.5 that morning. The life-boat then took her two men off the steamer and returned to her station, which she reached at 10.15. T he captain of the steamer expressed his thanks to the life-boat crew.- Property salvage case.

OCTOBER 2ND. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At two in the afternoon the lifeboat coxswain saw a vessel aground on the Inner Newcombe Shoal. She refloated, grounded again, and remained fast. The tide was ebbing, and a moderate sea was running, with a light north-east wind. The motor life-boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 2.38 and found the steam drifter Covent Garden, of Lowestoft, rolling and bumping heavily. She stood by until the tide turned and the drifter had refloated, directed her to deeper water, and then escorted her to harbour, arriving at 3.45. - Rewards, £4 15s.

OCTOBER 3RD. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 11.20 in the morning the Carne coast life-saving service telephoned that a schooner was ashore at Churchtown, Carnsore Point. The weather was calm, but there was a dense fog. The motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched at 11.45. She found the three-masted motor schooner Windermere, of Dublin, with a crew of five, bound for Dungarvan. Her crew were dumping the cargo overboard. At the master’s request the life-boat stood by. The schooner eventually refloated and the lifeboat escorted her to Rosslare Harbour, arriving back at her station at 4.20 that afternoon.

- Rewards, £2 12s. ; partly permanent paid crew.

OCTOBER 4TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 6.35 in the morning, the Deal coastguard reported a steamer aground on the Goodwin Sands. An easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched at seven o’clock. The tide was low, and she could not get near the steamer, but as it rose her coxswain took her over the sands, grounding several times, steered her between two wrecks and reached the steamer. She was the Birte, of Copenhagen, timber laden, with a crew of eighteen, bound from Sweden to the Bristol Channel. Four life-boatmen went on board her and then, with the help of the motor boat Rose Marie, the life-boat laid out a kedge anchor. The Birte re-floated at ten o’clock and the life-boat piloted her to the Downs, where she anchored at 11.45.

The life-boat re-embarked her four men, and arrived back at her station at 12.40 in the afternoon. - Property salvage case.

OCTOBER 5TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.

At 3.55 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a vessel on the rocks half a mile east of the harbour. The weather was fine with a smooth sea, but there was fog.

At four o’clock the motor life-boat Margaret Dawson was launched and found the motor vessel Lindy, of Kopervik, Norway, loaded with fish for Aberdeen, with a crew of six.

The tide was ebbing and, as nothing could he done until it rose, the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 5.15. At midnight she again put out, stood by the Lindy, and then towed from her one of her boats carrying an anchor and wire. The boat dropped the anchor, and at two o’clock next morning the Lindy refloated. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 2.20 that morning.- Rewards, £53 9s.

OCTOBER 6TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 9.41 in the morning the Brixham coastguard telephoned that a motor trawler was flying distress signals two miles north-north-east of Berry Head. A light north-westerly breeze was blowing, with a smooth sea. The motor life-boat George Shee was launched at ten o’clock and found the local motor trawler Prevalent with her engine broken down. She had a crew of five. The life-boat towed her to Brixham and reached her station again at 10.55. - Rewards, £6 13s.

OCTOBER 7TH. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.

At 4.55 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was making distress signals between three and five miles to the south-west-by-west. The weather was calm, but there was fog. At 5.23 the motorlife- boat John R. Webb was launched, but at six o’clock the ship - the Juta, of Glasgow, with a crew of twenty - sank south-southeast of Caldy Island, and the minesweeper Larch picked up her crew. The life-boat arrived, and the twenty men were put on board her. She reached her station again at 7.23 that morning. - Rewards, £12 15s. 6d.

OCTOBER 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 5.35 in the morning the coastguard reported red flares at Goodwin Knoll. A moderate north-north-east breeze was blowing, but the sea was heavy. The motor life-boat Prudential was launched at 6.3 and found the yacht Lavender aground. She was sinking, and the three men on board were clinging, exhausted, in the rigging. The seas were too heavy and the water too shallow for the life-boat to go alongside, but, with difficulty, she was able to get a line to the men, hauled them through the surf, and took them on board. She arrived back at her station at 9.15 that morning. - Rewards, £9.

OCTOBER 8TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.

The local motor fishing boat Guillemot put to sea at seven in the morning.

She did not return, and at 7.15 in the evening flares were seen in the direction of Blackrock.

A fresh south-westerly breeze was blowing,with a choppy sea. The life-boat station was told at 7.30 and at eight o’clock the motor life-boat Ann Isabella Pyemont was launched.

She found the Guillemot off the Barrels Rock.

Her engine had broken down and she was using her nets as a sea anchor. The life-boat towed her to harbour, and reached her station again at one o’clock next morning.

- Rewards, £36 7s.

OCTOBER 10TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 10.50 in the morning the Southend coastguard reported a naval vessel aground near Kildonan Point. The naval authorities said that a tug and a frigate were going to her help, but at 11.10 they asked for the life-boat. A strong easterly breeze was blowing, and the sea was rough. At 11.20 the motor life-boat City of Glasgow was launched. She found H.M.S. Leeds Castle, a frigate, one hundred yards west of the Point, with a tug standing by and another approaching. She went alongside, took an officer off and put him on board one of the tugs. The Leeds Castle refloated at 1.37, the tugs towed her clear, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 4.30 that afternoon. - Rewards, £7 12s.

OCTOBER 11TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.

Shortly after 9.30 at night the Paignton police reported a boat on fire off Roundham Head. The weather was calm, but there was a dense fog. The motor life-boat George Shee was launched at 9.50. Guided by shouts and a light, she found two punts and an outboard motor-boat with four men and two boys on board. They had been prawning, but their principal boat, the motor boat Westcoast, of Torquay, had caught fire, when they were pouring petrol from a tin into the tank, with a lighted hurricane lamp close by, and they had scuttled her. The life-boat took the six on board, towed their three boats to Torquay, and reached her station again at 1.10 next morning. - Rewards, £14 6s. 6d.

OCTOBER 12TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 4.50 in the morning, the Yarmouth coastguard reported a white flare on Scroby Sands two or three miles in a north-easterly direction. A moderate east-south-east breeze was blowing and the sea was calm. The motor life-boat Louise Stephens was launched at 5.25, and found the steam drifter M. A. Stephens aground on Scroby Elbow. Her skipper said that no help was needed. He would try and refloat the drifter himself. The life-boat stood by until 7.45, when the drifter refloated and made for Yarmouth. The life-boat accompanied her to Yarmouth Roads and reached her station again at 8.30 that morning. - Rewards, £9 16s. 6d.

OCTOBER 12TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.

At 11.55 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a fishing vessel was flashing signals about two and a half miles off-shore, and later they reported that she had fired a red Very light. A light westnorth- west breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth, but there was fog. At 12.40 the No. 1 motor life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched and found the motor fishing vessel Watercress, with a crew of five, bound with naval stores for Scapa Flow. Her engine had broken down. The life-boat towed her to Lowestoft, arriving there at five in the afternoon. She returned to her station next day, arriving at 9.15 in the morning. - Rewards, £38 17s.

OCTOBER 15TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 6.30 in the morning the coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat S.M.126, with a crew of three, had broken down one mile to the south-west and needed help. The weather was calm.

At seven o’clock the motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched, towed the fishing boat into harbour, and reached her station again at 8.37. - Rewards, £8 3s.

OCTOBER 17TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At eight at night the coastguard reported that a man who had gone out fishing in a small rowing boat at one o’clock had not returned. There was thick fog. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. At 9.45 the motor life-boat Stanhope Smart was launched. She searched for a long time before she found the man. He had lost his bearings and made fast to a crab pot buoy for a time. He had heard the life-boat’s engine and had burnt a newspaper, but in the fog she had not seen it. She towed him in, arriving at midnight. He expressed his thanks. - Rewards, £20 12s. 6d.

OCTOBER 17TH. - BOULMER, NORTHUMBERLAND.

About 10.30 at night, in a thick fog, the engines of a vessel apparently aground half a mile to the eastward could be heard, and at 10.50 the motor life-boat Clarissa Langdon was launched, with the honorary secretary of the life-boat station, Mr. William S. Stanton, on board. A light south-east breeze was blowing, with a slight swell. The life-boat found the S.S. Plasma, of Fraserburgh, on the rocks. Her skipper said that he did not need help, but the lifeboat stood by as the steamer was bumping.

The skipper’s efforts to refloat her failed, and he said that he would make another attempt on the next tide. The Plasma was now high and dry, and the life-boat anchored in the Mermouth. She put out again at 9.30 next morning and found that the steamer had run out a kedge anchor. With the life-boat standing by, she hauled herself clear, slipped her anchor and cable and made for Amble.

The lifeboat picked up the anchor and cable and arrived back at her station at 12.30 that afternoon. - Rewards, £27 19s. 6d.

OCTOBER 17TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.

At 11.30 at night the coastguard reported a vessel ashore off Prail Castle, and at 11.45, in calm weather, the motor life-boat John and William Mudie was launched. She found the trawler Lord Beaconsfield, of Hull, on the rocks at Red Head. She was bound for Iceland, with a crew of seventeen. The lifeboat stood by for a time and then took offthe crew and landed them at Arbroath at seven o’clock next morning. - Rewards, £17 12s.

OCTOBER 18TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. At 12.30 in the afternoon the harbour master received a wireless message from the motor ship Eagerfgelh, of Oslo, that she was off the harbour, had trouble with her engine, and needed a pilot to take her to a safe anchorage. As the pilot boat was not available, the motor life-boat, Annie Blanche Smith was launched at one o’clock. A fresh east-south-easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat put a life-boatman on board the ship, and took her into harbour, returning to her station at 2.45. Later the pilot boat took her up the river and, next day, after repairing her engines, the Eagerfgelh went on her way to South Africa. - Property salvage case.

OCTOBER 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 5.25 in the morning the Deal coastguard telephoned that the East Goodwin Lightvessel had reported a vessel ashore on the Sands. An easterly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched at 5.45, and an hour later found the Swedish steamer Magna, of Helsingborg, ashore on the South Caliper Sands. She was laden with silk pulp and had a crew of twenty-one.

Several life-boatmen went on board her, and, with the help of the motor boats Rose Marie and Golden Spray, the life-boat laid out a kedge anchor. At six o’clock the steamer refloated, and, accompanied by the life-boat, went to the Downs, where she anchored at 9.10. The life-boat took off her men and returned to her station, arriving at ten o’clock that morning. - Property salvage case.

OCTOBER 19TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.

At 4.48 in the morning, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore one mile to the east, and at 5.50, in calm weather, the motor life-boat Margaret Dawson was launched. She found the Swedish motor fishing vessel Zana and stood by her until 7.30, when she refloated and made for Leith. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 7.45. - Rewards, £29 11s. 6d.

OCTOBER 19TH.. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.

About one o’clock in the afternoon, the coastguard reported that the local fishing boat Lady Betty, with only one man on board, had broken down and was drifting out to sea towards the Constables Light. The motor life-boat The Gordon Warren, with a crew of only three men, was launched at two o’clock in a choppy sea. A fresh south-easterly wind was blowing. The life-boat travelled about fifteen miles before she overtook the Lady Betty. The man on board was exhausted.

The life-boat took the fishing boat in tow and brought her to her moorings at Rhyl at 7.30 that night. - Rewards, £17 0s. 6d.

OCTOBER 19TH. - PORT ASKAIG, HERRIDES.

At 2.30 in the afternoon, the doctor on the island of Colonsay telephoned asking for the life-boat’s help for a boy who had been badly injured and was in urgent need of surgical aid. A south-easterly gale was blowing, with very rough seas, and no other boat could have made the passage from Port Askaig to Colonsay. The motor lifeboat Charlotte Elizabeth was launched at three o’clock, reached Colonsay at 5.45 and arrived back at Port Askaig with the boy at 8.15. There a waiting ambulance took him to the air ambulance at Islay and from Islay he was flown to Glasgow. But for the help of the life-boat the boy would have lost his life. A donation was made to the Institution.

- Rewards, £17 5s., repaid to the Institution.

OCTOBER 19TH. - ABERDEEN. At 8.20 at night information was received from the coastguard that H.M. Minesweeper 1172 was disabled three miles east-south-east of Gregness and in need of help. The harbour tug was not available, and at 9.5 the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched. A moderate south-south-easterly wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea. The life-boat towed the minesweeper to Aberdeen, arriving at 10.54 that night. - Property salvage case.

OCTOBER 20TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.

The coastguard had under observation the Aberdeen fishing boat Fortunatus, as her engine had failed. AT 5.35 in the evening she made distress signals, and at 5.55 the motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was launched. A fresh southerly breeze was blowing, and a heavy ground swell running.

The life-boat found the fishing boat dragging her anchor and in great danger of drifting on to a dangerous reef, the Scours of Cruden.

She took her in tow. She used the fishing boat’s own ropes, and they parted six times, but the life-boat brought her into Peterhead at ten that night. - Property salvage case.

SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT ST. IVES OCTOBER 24TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.

At 6.22 in the morning the coastguard reported that distress signals had been seen from the auxiliary ketch Minnie Flossie, of Bideford, which had dragged her anchor and was drifting across St. Ives Bay. A gale, with heavy squalls of wind and rain, was blowing from the west-south-west and raising a very rough sea. The motor life-boat Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine was launched at 6.43 and set course for Godrevy Island, searching along the shore as she went.

She then turned to go outside the island and found the ketch at Hell’sMouth Cove, lying on her beam ends very close inshore. The coxswain could see that she was sinking. Two people could be seen clinging to her.

She might go at any moment. He must act at once, although he knew that he was taking a great risk. Without hesitation. he drove the life-boat straight at the ketch. At the same moment a heavy sea came in. It lifted the life-boat and swept her towards the cliffs, but fortunately it left her just as she was abreast of the ketch and the coxswain was able to turn her alongside the ketch on her weather side. On her lee side there was neither space nor water enough.

The two people clinging to the ketch were the owner and his wife. Lifeboatmen grabbed them and hauled them into the life-boat. The rescue had taken less than five minutes, and it had been completed only just in time. As the coxswain turned the life-boat away from the shore she met an exceptionally heavy sea. It swept over her. It went on and swept over the ketch and when the life-boatmen looked round she had gone. The lifeboat reached St. Ives with the rescued man and woman at 8.15. The coxswain shewed courage, skill, and determination in carrying out the rescue so quickly in exceptionally bad weather.

The Institution made the following awards : To COXSWAIN WILLIAM PETERS the silver medal for gallantry, with a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum.

To HENRY PETERS, second-coxswain, THOMAS S. ANDREWS, bowman, SAMUEL R. VEAL, motor-mechanic, DANIEL ROACH, assistant motor-mechanic, NICHOLAS PHILLIPS, signalman, and WILLIAM J. NINNIS, life-boatman, the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum. - Rewards, £18 6s. 6d.

OCTOBER 24TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.

At 9.15 in the morning, the coastguard reported that the local motor fishing coble Jean and Barbara was at sea and anxiety was felt for her. A south-south-east gale was blowing, increasing in strength, and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 9.25, found the coble behind Filey Brig and escorted her into the harbour.

She returned to her station at 11.15.- Rewards, £12 9s.

OCTOBER 25TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. During a south-westerly gale, with very rough seas, the naval authorities at Portsmouth asked the Bembridge life-boat to go to the help of two ships in distress off Horse Sands Fort, and at 9.57 at night the motor life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched. She found H.M. Tug Swarthy on the defence boom, between Horse Sands Fort and the mainland, and H.M.S. Saltburn foul of the boom. Her repeated and hazardous efforts to get alongside the tug were prevented by the stones and railway metals embedded in the boom, but with the rising tide the tug was swept across the boom and the life-boat was then able to go alongside and rescued fourteen men. It was then about midnight.

The master and two seamen of the tug were on a Carley float. They were lost sight of.

The life-boat searched and could not find them, but they came ashore near Longstone Harbour. The life-boat took the rescued men into Portsmouth.

At Selsey the news that the ships were in distress was received about 9.30 at night, and the motor life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched just before ten o’clock. She arrived a quarter of an hour after midnight to find that the Bembridge life-boat had just rescued the crew of the tug. She too made for Portsmouth.

After landing the rescued men at Portsmouth the Bembridge life-boat went out again to the Saltburn. The Selsey life-boat was also asked to go out, and the two boats reached her about 3.15 in the morning. She had now been swept across the boom and was badly holed. The life-boats stood by until daylight. As there was no improvement in the weather, orders were given to abandon ship. The Bembridge life-boat took off 63 men, the Selsey life-boat 25, and landed them at Portsmouth. It was then shortly after ten in the morning of the 26th. The Bembridge life-boat returned to her station, where she arrived shortly after two o’clock that afternoon. She had been on service for sixteen hours in very severe weather. The Selsey crew were given hot baths and breakfast by the Navy, which then took them home by lorry. They returned to Portsmouth next day for their life-boat. - Rewards : Bembridge, £24 5s. 6d. ; Selsey, £32 10s. 6d.

OCTOBER 28TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 2.50 in the morning, the naval authorities at Chatham telephoned the coxswain that the S.S. Moorwood had struck a wreck and was going to beach on the South- East Maplin Sands. She was a London steamer, with a crew of eighteen, bound, laden with coal, from the Tyne to the Thames.

A strong southerly wind was blowing, the sea rough. The motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3) was launched at 3.30 and one and a half hours later found the steamer ashore. She had been holed by the wreck.

The life-boat stood by. About noon the life-boat laid out her own kedge anchor, and this held the steamer until a tug could get hold of her. With the aid of the anchor and the tug, the Moorwood refloated at five o’clock. She then anchored. With a hole in her and with the rough sea, she would not attempt to go up the Thames that night.The life-boat remained with her until seven o’clock next morning, when she went up the Thames to London under her own power.

The life-boat reached her station again at nine that morning. - Property salvage case.

OCTOBER 2 9TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. The fishing boat Patriot, with a crew of five, left in the early morning to take relief keepers to the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse. She had not returned by 8.30 that evening and anxiety was felt for her, although the westerly breeze was slight and the sea smooth. At 8.45 the motor life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was launched and found the fishing boat at anchor near Calmines Buoy with her engine broken down.

She towed her into harbour at 9.30 that night. - Rewards, £4 19s. Partly permanent paid crew.

OCTOBER 31ST. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 8.5 at night the Portpatrick coastguard reported a fishing vessel making distress signals off the Isle of Whithorn. A strong southerly breeze was blowing, with heavy rain. The sea was very rough. The motor life-boat Morison Watson was launched at nine o’clock and searched for five hours, but in the darkness and rain she could not find the fishing vessel and returned to her station.

She put out again at 2.30 next morning. This time she found the fishing vessel in a dangerous position. She was the Norseman, of Montrose, and her engine had broken down.

The life-boat’s motor-mechanic went on board and, after an hour’s work on her engine, got it running again. The Norseman then set her course for Whitehaven, and the lifeboat returned to her station, which she reached at 11.30 that morning. - Rewards, £44 2s.

The following life-boats were launched, but no services were rendered for the reasons given : OCTOBER 4TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. A vessel had run ashore, but refloated. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d.

OCTOBER 5TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.

A vessel had been reported to be ashore, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £13 13s.

OCTOBER 6TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. A motor schooner had run ashore, but refloated. - Rewards, £2 12s.

Partly permanent paid crew.

OCTOBER 9TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. A fishing boat was overdue, but she reached the harbour without help. - Rewards, £51 4s. 6d.

OCTOBER 10TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A motor boat’s engine had broken down, but an R.A.S.C. motor boat took her in tow.- Rewards, £11 17s.

OCTOBER 10TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. A fishing vessel had broken down, but two other vessels towed her to harbour. - Rewards, £19 14s. 6d.

OCTOBER 11TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A vessel had run ashore, but refloated. - Paid permanent crew.

OCTOBER 12TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A landing craft had made SOS signals, but later found that she did not need help. - Rewards, £6 13s.

OCTOBER 18TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.

A fishing boat was overdue, but she reached harbour without help. - Rewards, £8 1s.

OCTOBER 19TH. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.

A small motor boat, attached to the Air Ministry, with only one man on board, had got lost in a dense fog, but she was eventually picked up by a Gourdon fishing boat, thirteen miles from her last known position, after being adrift for twenty hours. - Rewards, £9 1s.

OCTOBER 21ST. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS.

The S.S. Kron Prinsen, of Sweden, had run ashore, but refloated without help.

- Rewards, £19 4s.

OCTOBER 23RD. - PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM.

A fishing boat had had difficulty in getting her nets on board, but did not need help. - Rewards, £8 10s.

OCTOBER 23RD. - DUNGENESS, KENT.

The coastguard had reported a yacht in difficulties, but nothing could be found, and later she was reported to have passed Dover.

- Rewards, £16 5s.

OCTOBER 25TH. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.

An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but, as there was no possibility of anyone surviving, the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £10 9s. 6d.

OCTOBER 25TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A naval pinnace had been reported waterlogged, but there was no one on board. - Rewards, £21 18s.

OCTOBER 25TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.

Flares had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £19 9s. 6d.

OCTOBER 29TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Distress signals had been reported and it was thought that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £20 4s.