IRVINE, AYRSHIRE. — The deputy harbour master, about 10 P.M. on the 2nd February, informed the Coxswain of the Life-boat Jane Anne that a vessel was on the beach to the north of the bar showing flares. The crew were summoned, the Life-boat launched and proceeded to the vessel. On getting alongside they found she was the smack Janes, of Campbeltown, and that she had stranded while bound from Carrickfergus to Irvine with a cargo of salt.

As she was then making water, the crew were taken into the Life-boat and landed about midnight. The night was dark and cloudy, with a strong "W.S.W.

breeze blowing and heavy sea..