GREENORE.—On the 2nd March the steamer Rosstrevor, of Dublin, belonging to the London and North Western Railway Company, left Greenore at about 6 P.M., bound for Holyhead, with passengers and a general cargo. She had proceeded a little distance outside Haulbowline Lighthouse, near the middle of Carlingford bar, when she struck a sunken rock and remained fast. She fired signals of distress, which were immediately answered from the Greenore Coastguardstation. The crew of the Life-boat Sir Arthur Blackwood were summoned and at 7 o'clock the Boat was on her way to the vessel. On reaching the scene of the disaster, the captain requested that the Life-boat should take ashore the female passengers, children and as many male passengers as she could carry. Seventeen persons were taken on board and landed, and the Boat returned to the vessel, but found that the remaining passengers had been transferred to another of the Company's steamers, the Severn. The Rosstrevor was then afloat but was leaking badly and, with the aid of the Severn and the tug Violet, was beached a short distance from Greenore pier in order to prevent her from sinking.

In recognition of the service rendered to their vessel, the London and North Western Railway Company contributed a donation of 10Z. 10s. in aid of the funds of the Greenore Branch of the Institution..