JANUARY 21ST. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.

At 6.30 in the morning the coastguard reported that a vessel half a mile to the north-west had fired a rocket and hoisted a signal, and the motor life-boat Louisa Polden was launched at 7.10. A westerly wind was blowing, the sea was heavy, and there was fog.

The life-boat found the S.S. Empire Facility, of London, loaded with scrap, ashore on Saltscar Rocks, took off her crew of eight and landed them at 7.40. At 10.30 fishing boats took the crew back to their ship, but, after laying out an anchor, they came ashore again at one in the afternoon. The seas were too heavy for them to remain on board. About 3.30, as the tide was rising, a tug went alongside the abandoned ship, put men on board her and refloated her. Seeing this the master and mate were very anxious to return to her.

No suitable boat was available, so the lifeboat again went out at 4.12 and put the master and mate, and a life-boatman, on board. She returned at six o’clock. - Rewards : first service, £10 5s. 6d. ; second service, property salvage case.