WEXFORD.—At about 3.30 P.M. on the llth February, while a strong gale was blowing from the W.S.W., the fishing yawl Prima Donna, of Wexford, grounded on the south side of the bar. The No. 1 Life-boat, Andrew Pickard, was at once manned and proceeded to her assistance.

After about half-an-hour the vessel was got afloat, and as the crew of five men were then in safety, the Life-boat returned to her station. At 5.35 P.M. signals of distress were shown by the yawl, and the Life-boat at once proceeded to her again.

She had then anchored in the North Bay, having lost her mainsail and one anchor in attempting a second time to cross the bar. At the request of the master, the Life-boat remained by the vessel until 4.30 A.M., when the storm moderated and the boat returned to Wexford, the yawl being afterwards towed in by a steam tug..