DECEMBER 4TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

At five in the morning the local motor fishing vessels Pilot Me and Gem put to sea in bad weather. During the morning the weather worsened and at one o’clock the coastguard reported that a fishing boat could be seen approaching and it was thought advisable for the life-boat to put out. A strong northerly wind was blowing and the sea was heavy. The No. 1 motor life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 1.30. She found the Pilot Me four miles north of Whitby and escorted her into the harbour. She remained there, ready to go out again, until a message came at 3.45 that the Gem had put into Hartlepool. The life-boat returned to her station at four o’clock. - Rewards, £7 11s..