OCTOBER 26TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.

At 2.50 in the morning the Hoylake coastguard reported a message, from the Morecambe Bay Light-vessel, that a vessel two miles north of the light-vessel was making distress signals. A fresh easterly breeze was blowing, and the sea was rough. The motor life-boat N.T. was launched at 3.10 and found the fishing smack Polly, with a crew of two. Her propeller had become foul of a fishing net.

A coaster had her in tow. The life-boat took over the tow and at the request of the smack’s skipper towed her to Pie1 harbour and beached her there. She arrived back at her station at 10.50 that morning. - Rewards, £16 16s. 6d..