AUGUST 9TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 9.45 at night. the Deal coastguard reported that a tug, with a barge in tow, was about four miles to the south-east of the South Goodwin No. 2 Buoy. A north-west gale was blowing, with blinding rain and a very rough sea. The motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 10.10, made a thorough search, but could not find the tug. As she was returning she saw a light, and near the Brake Lightship found the yacht Clover Leaf astern of another vessel.

The yacht had two on board. They had been overtaken by bad weather, crossing from Antwerp, and the voyage had taken three days. The lifeboat took her in tow, but the rope parted and the life-boat then took aboard the two men. After she had secured the yacht again she brought her in and anchored off the coastguard station until daylight. She then moored the yacht and landed the rescued men at 6.20 on the morning of the 10th. Shortly afterwards she was called out again to make a further search for the tug and the barge, and searched from seven o’clock until 10.20, but found nothing.

She saw only a steamer near the French coast. It was learnt later that the tug was the American tug TID 76, and the barge the Minca, that the barge had broken away from her tow, and that the crews of the tug and the barge had been picked up by a French life-boat off Gravelines on the afternoon of the 11th of August. - Rewards, £24 8s. 3d.

and £10 11s. 6d..