JANUARY 3RD. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.

When off Cape Cornwall the Cardiff steamer Strait Fisher capsized. Her cargo had shifted. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. The weather was cold. The motor life-boat W. & S. was launched at 4.20 in the afternoon and reached the position given at 6.15, but found only an empty boat. A naval trawler had picked up ten of the crew ; three others were missing.

After searching until eight o’clock the lifeboat returned, reaching Newlyn at 9.45 that evening, five and a half hours after putting out.

It had been an arduous service in bitter weather and heavy seas, and an increase in the usual money award on the standard scale was made to each member of the crew.

- Standard awards to crew and helpers, £25 0S. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew, £2 12s. 6d.; total rewards, £27 13s.