JULY 19TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.

At six in the morning information was received from the Dock Board that a fishing boat was ashore on the revetment opposite Gamma Buoy, with spray going over her. A fresh westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The No. 2 motor lifeb o a t Edmund and Mary Robinson was launched at 6.20 and found the fishing boat Greyhound, of Liverpool, on Taylor’s Bank, with one man on board. She rescued him and landed him at New Brighton at 8.30. The coxswain had recognised the boat as one that had been reported stolen during the night and he handed the man over to the police.

Later in the morning the owner of the Greyhound asked for the help of the life-boat to recover the boat from the dangerous position in which she had been left. The life-boat put out again at eleven o’clock, helped to bring the boat to South Ferry Basin and returned to her station at 3.30 that afternoon.

The owner expressed his thanks. - Rewards : first service, £4 12s. 6d. ; second service, £2 15s..