NEWBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.—At daylight on the 22nd November the brig Olga, of Rb'nne, timber laden for Sunderland, was seen ashore on a sandbank a little S. of the River Ythan. The wind had blown a gale from the S.E, during the night, and a heavy sea was running, which increased as the tide advanced.

With all speed the Life-boat Mien Newman and John Bentley put off to her assistance, the strong tide and wind causing hard work for the crew. As the Life-boat got near, the vessel began to break up, and two men. were carried away on a portion of the wreckage rapidly northwards, and the boat at once turned in pursuit and rescued them. Another long and hard pull was then required to bring the boat back, and again she had to turn for three men who had left in the ship's boat; these she also rescued just in time, for immediately afterwards the boat disappeared. Three men still clung to what remained of the vessel, which by that time had quite broken up, and the cargo of timbers and battens made it a very dangerous undertaking for the Life-boat to approach her. The Life-boat men were quite exhausted by their arduous and continuous labour, and were compelled to return to the shore, where a fresh crew was obtained to man the boat, which again put off to the rescue. Another piece of wreckage came away with one man on it, who was picked up. One of the remaining two men was struck by a spar, and unhappily lost his life, but the other, the master of the vessel, was taken off and safely landed in the Life-boat.