On the 25th Feb- ruary the schooner Ward Jackson, of Car- narvon, from Wales to Montrose, was wrecked on the Abertay Sands, Dundee.

A heavy gale from N.E., with, snow and a tremendous sea, made the task of rescuing her crew one of extraordinary hardship.

However, the services of a steam-tug being available at 8 A.M., the Life-boat Mary Hartley was launched, and being towed sufficiently to windward, was slipped and proceeded under oars to the wreck, which had by that time sunk, and the masts for- tunately standing, the crew had taken refuge in the tops. From this position they were with difficulty rescued, under the skilful direction of GEOBGE ANDEB- SON, the coxswain of the Life-boat, which carried the rescued crew of 5 men into Broughty Ferry about 10 o'clock..