Launches 36 Lives rescued 49 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.

SEPTEMBER 2ND. - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.

At 8.30 in the morning the medical officer of Yell telephoned for the life-boat to fetch a sick woman from Fetlar to Lerwick for hospital treatment. No other suitablevessel was available. A southerly wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor lifeboat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland left at 9.15 and brought back the patient, accompanied by a nurse and a relative, arriving at 5.40 that afternoon. - An increase in the usual money awards on the standard scale was made to each member of the crew.

Standard rewards to crew, £4 7s. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew, £3 ; total rewards, £7 7S. 6d. The rewards were repaid to the Institution.

SEPTEMBER 2ND. - MARGATE, KENT.

During the afternoon the coastguard reported that a party of bathers off Nayland Rock had got into difficulties. A fresh easterly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. As it was dead low water no boats were afloat. The motor life-boat The Brothers, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 4.7. She saw a boy in the water. Before she could reach him he sank, but came to the surface again, and was rescued. After making a search without finding any one else the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 5.22.

Four bodies were found later by searchers.

- Rewards, £5 12s. 6d.

SEPTEMBER 3RD. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.

At 10.35 in the morning the coastguard reported a small vessel drifting on to the Skerries. A strong easterly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor lifeboat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 10.45 and found the auxiliary yacht Octoroon, of Abersoch, a mile west of the Skerries. She had three on board. Her engine had broken down, she was leaking, and the men were exhausted. The life-boat rescued them, gave them rum, and towed the yacht to the outer harbour. She reached her station again at 12.50 that afternoon.- Rewards, £3 2s. 6d.

SEPTEMBER 10TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.

At 7.57 in the evening a fisherman reported the local fishing boat Red Hackle in difficulties and drifting towards the rocks a mile west of the harbour. A south-easterly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor lifeboat John and William Mudie was launched at eight o’clock and found the fishing boat with her engine broken down. She had four on board. The life-boat towed her into harbour, arriving at 8.35. - Rewards, £9 8s.

SEPTEMBER 10TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.

At 9.35 at night the Dunbar coastguard reported that the local motor fishing boat Jacinth was overdue. She was believed to be in difficulties east of North Berwick.

An east-south-east wind was blowing, and the sea was choppy. The motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at ten o’clock, found the boat, and escorted her into Dunbar harbour at two next morning. - Rewards, £8 15s.

SEPTEMBER 11TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 12.40 in the afternoon a boatman reported that two boys had gone out in a boat and been lost to sight. It was getting foggy, and anxiety was felt for their safety. A light southerly breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Jessie Lumb was launched at one o’clock and found the boat made fast to a steamer at anchor in St. Helen Roads. The boys had rowed out to see the ship, and had been allowed to go on board when the fog came down. With the boys on board and their boat in tow the lifeboat reached her station again at 2.30 that afternoon. The boys sent a letter of thanks and a donation. - Rewards, £4 0s. 6d.

SEPTEMBER 11TH. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. At five in the afternoon three men left Burtonport in a small boat for Arranmore, but they had not arrived by nine o’clock. A strong south-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea. Both wind and tide were against them. The motor life-boat K.T.J.S. was launched at 9.30, and half an hour later found the men on a small island.

She brought them and their boat home, arriving at 11.30 that night. - Rewards, £11 10s.

SEPTEMBER 14TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.

An officer of H.M.S. Hastings asked the honorary secretary of the life-boat station if the life-boat could be used to take out thirty seamen, who had been stranded ashore. The warship was on an official visit, and the Mayoress of Hastings was on board, unable to return ashore as a strong south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain squalls. The motor life-boat Cyril and Lilian Bishop was launched at 2.30 and made two trips to the warship with the seamen, but the Mayoress would not come ashore in the life-boat in that weather. The life-boat was slightly damaged. She arrived back at her station at four o’clock. The captain of H.M.S. Hastings expressed his thanks. - Rewards, £13 6s. 3d.

SEPTEMBER 14TH. - WALMER, KENT.

At seven in the evening a message was received that the S.S. Dentonia Park needed medical aid. The pilot aboard had collapsed.

A south wind was blowing, with driving rain and a rough sea-too rough for ordinary shore-boats - and the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at eight o’clock. She took out a doctor and a relief pilot, but the original pilot was too ill to be brought ashore. The life-boat suffered slight damage. She arrived back at her station at ten o’clock. - Rewards, £20 14s.

SEPTEMBER 15TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.

At 11.25 at night the honorary secretary of the life-boat station received a telephone message from the Barrow police that a vessel was arriving off Lightening Knoll at midnight and that a boat was needed to land an injured man. The message had come from the vessel through the flag officer-incharge and the police at Liverpool. A moderate south-west breeze was blowing, with a nasty swell and heavy rain. Themotor life-boat N.T. was launched at 11.45 and found the vessel to be H.M.S. Saltburn.

She brought ashore a man with a badly injured right hand, arriving at 2.30 next morning. - Rewards, £10 11s.

SEPTEMBER 19TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK. During the morning a telephone message was received from Union Hall post office that a fishing boat was in difficulties.

A strong westerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. Later it was learned that the boat had broken down, and at 1.15 in the afternoon the motor life-boat Shamrock was launched. She found the Skibbereen fishing boat Sirus six miles south-east of Baltimore, anchored on a lee shore in a dangerous position.

She had four men on board. The lifeboat towed her into port, and reached her station again at four o’clock. - Rewards, £5 18s.

SEPTEMBER 22ND and 23RD. - GALWAY BAY. At 10.30 at night on the 21st, a strong gale blew up and ten steam trawlers, at anchor in Kilronan Bay, dragged their anchors.

Two went on the rocks, one mile south-south-east of the life-boat station, and at 12.20 in the morning of the 22nd made distress signals. The gale was blowing from the north-west, with a rough sea. At 12.35 the motor life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched.

She found the trawler Trumpeter, of Milford Haven, on a reef, with seas washing right over her. With great difficulty she rescued her crew of twelve. The life-boat then made for the other trawler, the Ilfracombe, also of Milford Haven, and rescued her crew of thirteen. She landed both crews and reached her station again at 2.45 that morning. At 4.45, in moderating weather, at the request of the Trumpeter’s skipper, she took him and four of his crew out to the trawler again, but another trawler was found to have taken charge of the Trumpeter and the life-boat brought the five men back at six o’clock.

At 9.45 another trawler sent a small boat ashore with the message that she had picked up a wireless report from the Ilfracombe that her skipper and seven members of the crew had re-boarded her in a shore-boat, and were in difficulties as she had filled with water and was now listing dangerously. The lifeboat again put out at 9.55, took off the eight men, and landed them. She arrived back at her station at 11.15. At 5.30 in the afternoon of the 23rd she put out in a rough sea, at the request of the skipper of the Ilfracombe, to try to refloat the trawler, but she failed and arrived back at her station at nine that night. - Rewards : first service, £10 9s. ; second service, £10 9s . ; third service, £4 12s. ; fourth service, property salvage case.

SEPTEMBER 22ND. - CROMARTY. At 5.20 in the afternoon the Burghead coastguard reported the motor fishing vessel Loch Loy, of Nairn, in difficulties three miles northeast- by-north of Nairn. A south-westerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat John Russell, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 5.45 and found the Loch Loy drifting, with her engine broken down, five miles north-east-by-north of Nairn. She had five men on board. The life-boat stood by until flood tide and then towed the boat into Nairn, returning to her station at 12.30 next morning. - Rewards, £7 17s. 6d.

SEPTEMBER 23RD. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.

At eleven in the morning the coastguard reported a small yacht in distress one mile to the south-east of Tenby lookout. A strong north-west breeze was blowing and the sea was choppy. The motor life-boat John R. Webb was launched at 11.30 and found a small yacht, Carew Belle, being blown out to sea. She had four on board. The life-boat also found another small sailing boat from Lydstep, with her sails blown away. She had three on board. The life-boat brought in both boats, arriving at 12.45 that afternoon. A message of appreciation was received from the R.A.F. to whom the yacht Carew Belle was attached. - Rewards, £18 15s.

SEPTEMBER 24TH. - WALMER, KENT.

Notice was received that a doctor would be required on board a steamer which was making for the Downs, and at nine at night the Liberty ship Helen Hunt Jackson, of Los Angeles, arrived. A north-north-west gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. No shore-boat could have gone out, and the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched at ten o’clock, with a doctor onboard. Fifty minutes later she reached the steamer, and the doctor treated a man suffering from a severe infection of the throat. The doctor ran considerable risk in boarding the steamer in that sea, and the North Sea pilot and the American crew expressed their admiration of the seamanship of the coxswain and crew of the life-boat.

The life-boat re-embarked the doctor and reached her station again at 12.15 next morning. - Rewards, £19 18s.

SEPTEMBER 27TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK.

At 9.15 in the morning the coastguard reported a small steamer aground on the east side of the Scroby Sands. A moderate west-north-west wind was blowing, with a ground swell. The coastguard kept the steamer under observation. Later he reported her to be rolling heavily, and the motor life-boat Jose' Neville was launched at 10.35. She found the S.S. Brightside, of Middlesbrough, laden, bound for London.

She had thrown overboard some of her cargo and had refloated on the flood tide just before the life-boat arrived. At the request of her master the life-boat piloted her to North Scroby Buoy where she picked up the buoyed channel and went on her way southwards.

The life-boat reached her station again at one in the afternoon. - Rewards, £8 17s.

The following life-boats were launched, but no services were rendered for the reasons given :

SEPTEMBER 2ND. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.

Two boys had been reporteddrifting out to sea on a raft, but nothing was found as the boys had already been rescued.

- Rewards, £5.

SEPTEMBER 6TH. - EXMOUTH, DEVON.

Two boys had been reported missing in a small boat, but they had got ashore. - Rewards, £13 0s. 9d.

SEPTEMBER 6TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.

A motor yacht, on passage to Scarborough, had been reported overdue, but she arrived safely. - Rewards, £18 10s.

SEPTEMBER 8TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. Distress signals, sounded on a fog horn, had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £9 4s.

SEPTEMBER 9TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

A motor fishing boat had been drifting with her engine broken down, but got under way again unaided. - Rewards, £3 2s. 6d.

SEPTEMBER 11TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX.

Two boys in a dinghy had been reported missing off Bognor, but they were found by men who put out from Bognor in a motor boat. - Rewards, £14 4s. 6d. (See Bognor, “Services by Shore-boats,” p. 63).

SEPTEMBER 11TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. An American fighter aeroplane had come down in the sea off Worthing, but the pilot saved himself in his own dinghy. - Rewards, £8 1s.

SEPTEMBER 12TH. - PORT ERIN, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. The Danish steamer Marianne Toft of Copenhagen, had sunk after collision with another vessel. Twelve of her crew landed in a ship’s boat, but ten others in another boat could not be found.- - Rewards : Port Erin, £9 0s. 3d. ; Peel, £13 0s. 9d. (See Port Erin, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 62.) SEPTEMBER

15TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.

A semaphore SOS message had been received from an R.A.S.C. launch, but she was taken in tow by another vessel.- Rewards, £4 12s.

SEPTEMBER 20TH . - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. An R.A.F. officer had been drowned bathing and the police asked that his body, which could be seen, might be recovered, but it floated into a creek inaccessible to the life-boat and was recovered by a small boat next day. - Rewards, £9 8s. 6d.

SEPTEMBER 23RD. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. A vessel which had been in collision needed a pilot and the life-boat put out with one, but a rope fouled her propeller and she had to return. - Rewards, £19 15s.

SEPTEMBER 23RD. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A man had been washed overboardoverboard from an Admiralty motor fishing vessel, but the life-boat could not find him. His body came ashore later. - Rewards, £10 5s.

SEPTEMBER 23RD. - SALCOMBE, DEVON.

A woman and a boy were out in a motor boat when the engine failed and the boat went ashore off Moor Sands. The woman climbed up the cliffs and summoned help. The lifeboat went out, but the boy refused to be hauled through the surf to her. She then signalled to the coastguard to rescue him with a cliff ladder. The mother of the boy made a donation in gratitude to the life-boat.- Rewards, £6 14s.

SEPTEMBER 26TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.

A landing craft had been wrecked, but her crew were rescued by other landing craft. - Rewards, £12 8s. 6d.

SEPTEMBER 27TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.

Distress signals had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £8 8s.