WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. — On the 26th February, while the fishing boat Olive, of Banff, was attempting to put to sea in a moderate S.E. breeze, but rather rough sea, she grounded on a sandbankat the mouth of the harbour, when a huge wave drove her on to the rocks at the back of the North Quay. The coxswain of the Life-boat John Avins, seeing the danger she was in, at once launched the Life-boat and proceeded to her. On arrival the skipper asked that the Life-boat should remain by him in case the efforts then being made to get his boat off should not be successful.

This they did, but with the flowing tide the fishing boat got clear, and in a somewhat damaged state returned to the harbour..