FEBRUARY 11TH. - PLYMOUTH, DEVON.

At 9.30 at night the King’s harbour master telephoned that Portwrinkle coastguard had reported flashes. Further reports were received from other coastguards, but it was uncertain whether they were signals of distress or lights on board fishing boats, so the motor life-boat Ministre Anseele, a Belgian lifeboat, then stationed at Plymouth, was launched at ten o’clock to investigate. She saw a light about midnight, and six miles west-south-west of Rame Head found the motor boat Three Brothers, bound from Plymouth to Polruan. The light seen had been a distress signal. It was made by the last match that the crew of two men had on board. Their engine had broken down. The men were exhausted. The life-boat towed them into Plymouth, arriving at 2.50 next morning. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..